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Mary Quinton, Naples Daily News, center, with Lely High School's Teacher of the Year, Anna Bowe, right and Staff Support Person of the Year Ileana Maya.
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Sandi Riedemann, Marco Island Chamber of Commerce executive diretor, left and Kevin Donlan, right, Chamber president, presented Support Staff Person of Year to Denise Barreto and Teacher of the Year to Kirby Rients at the Marco Island Academy Charter High School. Students chose the award winners, The awards were given by the Chamber and Naples Daily News.
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Mary Quinton, Naples Daily News, left and Sandi Riedemann, Marco Island Chamber of Commerce executive director, gave awards to Douglas Lindsay, Teacher of the Year and Scott Hurley, Staff Support Person of the Year for the Marco Island Charter Middle School.
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Donna Niemczyk/Special to the Eagle (4) Mary Quinton, left, Naples Daily News and Kevin Donlan, Marco Island Chamber of Commerce president, presented awards to Manatee Middle School's Support Staff Person of the Year to Cassandra Preza, left and Kelly Bergey, Teacher of the Year.
The Marco Island Area Chamber of Commerce and the Naples Daily news visited area schools to honor the teacher of the year and staff support person, chosen by the respective school's students.
Mary Quinton, Naples Daily News, Kevin Donlan, Marco Island Chamber of Chamber of Commerce president and Sandi Riedemann, chamber executive director, presented the awards.
Since 1998 the two organizations have been recognizing teacher and support persons who have made a positive impact on the students' academic and personal lives.
Tommie Barfield choices were Ed Laudise, Teacher of the Year and Tricia Krutzke, Support Staff Person of the Year.
Marco Island Charter Middle School choices were Doug Lindsay, Teacher of the Year and Scott Hurley, Support Staff Person of the Year.
Marco Island Academy Charter High School winners were Kirby Rients, Teacher of the Year and Denise Barreto, Support Staff Person of the Year.
Manatee Middle School selectees were Kelley Bergey, Teacher of the Year and Cassandra Preza, Support Staff Person of the Year.
Lely High recipients were Anna Bowe, Teacher of the Year and Ileana Maya, Support Staff Person of the Year.
Consistent themes cited by the students included being extremely helpful, responsible, respectful, help students believe in themselves and motivation,
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KlausStoertebeker writes:
The only US teacher I like is this guy. He spokes the truth, nothing else than the truth. I bet you. Entire Collier County School Organization has no ONE of his format! David McCullough Jr. addressed his students:
"Don't believe you were something special." "You are not!!." These words has an English teacher in the United States given with his elite high school graduates on the way - and since then has a star on the net. The speech gave David McCullough Jr. already on June 1, 2012 at the graduation ceremony at the Wellesley high. McCullough wanted to open the graduation class of State school in a well-heeled suburb of Boston's eyes before he fired it into the wide world. And he was no great effort, nice to pack his message: "You were pampered, spoiled, overwhelms, protected and stuck in bubble wrap" he said to the students prior to their families and friends, and the assembled school. "You were celebrated and courted and called 'Sweetie'." But the truth is: "You are not particularly." You are not outstanding at all. The teacher leaning on a wooden panel with both hands, the reading glasses slipped him almost from the nose when he caricatured American parents who think it too well with her children, and the company criticized for their hollow aspiration after awards. "If everyone gets a trophy, trophies are meaningless," he said. "We Americans are more recently to our detriment, more in awards in love as in real achievements." "To be a trophy on the mantelpiece is willing to lower the standards and ignore the reality..."
I like this guy. Give him an award. First time I hear from an American teacher the truth about Americas education situation. Time to change.
Great President Barack Obama is on the right track. But Americans parents will never listen. Specially at Lely High School.
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