Polk County Public Schools
Twenty-three Polk teachers have been nominated for a teaching award in science or mathematics in a program of the Central Florida Public School Boards Coalition (CFPSBC) and the PRISM organization. PRISM is an acronym for Promoting Regional Improvement in Science and Math in the nine-county region that makes up the CFPSBC.
Each of the 23 teachers has been nominated for an Exemplary Science or Mathematics Teacher Award. Each of the nominees will receive prizes during a September event at Lakeland’s Southeastern University. The schools of each nominee will also receive funds earmarked for assisting science and mathematics instruction.
Four Polk teachers will be named Exemplary Science or Mathematics Teacher Award winners during the September event. Nominees are listed according to school location:
Auburndale
Auburndale High: Allison Hope
Stambaugh Middle: Jane Germany
Bartow
Bartow Elementary Academy: Linda Hughes
Union Academy: Margaret Chaves, Sarah Wilson
Eagle Lake
Pinewood Elementary: Celeste Stewart
Eloise
Wahneta Elementary: Valerie Berglund, Ann Pero
Frostproof
Ben Hill Griffin Jr. Elementary: Kristina May
Frostproof Middle-Senior: Pamela Hadden, Patricia Whidden
Haines City
Alta Vista Elementary: Wanda Breithaupt
Lakeland
Blake Academy: Jamie Lawton
Dixieland Elementary: Alexis Andruszkiewicz
Kathleen High: Jason Karol
Lakeland Highlands Middle: Kimberly Morrell, Douglas Sitta
Lawton Chiles Middle: Donna Jones
Traviss Career Center: Kathy Harrell
Wendell Watson Elementary: Marlene Olszewski
Mulberry
Mulberry High: Christine Combs
Poinciana
Palmetto Elementary: Robert Holmberg
Winter Haven
Denison Middle: Blanche Hutchinson
PRISM has an objective of producing math and science scholars from the nine counties that make-up the Central Florida Public School Boards Coalition---Brevard, Hillsborough, Lake, Manatee, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole and Volusia.
As a way of reaching this objective, PRISM and CFPSBC are working to support recruiting, retaining and developing teachers in science and mathematics.
Contact Rebecca Braaten, science coordinator in Polk Public Schools, at (863) 534-0632 for further information on PRISM.