Educators of Excellence
Administration
Matina Stergiopoulos
Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School
Secondary
James Casey
John Jay High School
Donna McAndrews
Niskayuna High School
Lucille Ogden
Arlington High School
Amy O’Leary
Roy C. Ketcham High School
Megan Rivelli
Monroe Woodbury High School
Sydney Valerio
North Rockland High School
Beth Wagner
Hewlett High School
Robin Zisa
Guilderland High School
Middle
Nancy Czachor
Van Antwerp Middle School
Martha Santana
Isaac E. Young Middle School
Collaborators of Excellence
Leanne Donelan & Michael Kats
Saratoga Pathways Academy
Rachel Quattrocchi & Elizabeth Rooney
Plainview-Old Bethpage Middle School
English Record Article of the Year
“Humanizing our World: Studying Graffiti with Fourth Graders”
Melissa League Hotaling
Ted Kesler
The City University of New York
Creative Writing Awards
Short Fiction/Creative Non- Fiction
Tina Pathak
Herricks High School
Grade 11
“The Roadblocks of a Mind-Map”
Caroline Lau
Herricks High School
Grade 11
“Valuing All Parts of our Identity”
Poetry
Aieshah Ashfer
Herricks High School
Grade 11
“veetil”
Vivian Huang
Herricks High School
Grade 10
“the classroom is our rainforest”
Sara Moy
2022 NYSEC Fellow Award