News release

Teachers, Educators Celebrated During Education Week

Education and Early Childhood Development

NOTE: A list of Education Week award recipients follows this release.

Teachers and education partners across the province are being celebrated, today, April 20, for their dedication to their students, schools and communities.

Education Week runs until Saturday, April 25, and has been celebrated since 1935, honouring the commitment of teachers and partners, to students.

Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Karen Casey presented Education Week Awards to 23 teachers and five education partners at École du Carrefour in Dartmouth.

"Teachers and school staff are the foundation of our schools," said Ms. Casey. "The educators being honoured today are the difference between a school being simply a building or part of the community.

"Collaborating with schools and communities is an important part of our action plan for education, and it is very fitting that today we are honouring great educators who do this every single day."

This year's theme is Schools as Communities: Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors.

Recipients are being recognized for supporting student development through service learning, community projects and co-operative education, and for encouraging students to be active in their schools and communities.

Education Week is a co-operative effort of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union, the Nova Scotia School Boards Association, the Nova Scotia Federation of Home and School Associations, la Fédération des parents acadiens de la Nouvelle-Écosse, the Association of Nova Scotia Educational Administrators and the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.

Following is a list of Education Week award recipients:

Annapolis Valley Regional School Board

  • Dave Galloway, Horton High School
  • Jonny Marshall, Bridgetown Regional High School
  • Karen Wallace, Falmouth District School

Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board

  • Elizabeth Sehl, Dr. T. L. Sullivan Junior High School
  • Clara Wadman, Glace Bay High School

Chignecto-Central Regional School Board

  • Shana MacPherson, Debert Elementary
  • Karri Ann Noel, West Pictou Consolidated School
  • Kathy Wells, Cumberland North Academy

Conseil scolaire acadien provincial

  • Lianne Comeau, École secondaire de Clare
  • Chantal Samson-Haley, École Beau-Port
  • Eric Shantz, École Bois-Joli

Halifax Regional School Board

  • Gilles Boudreau, Brookhouse Elementary School
  • Brian DeMone, Sackville Heights Junior High School
  • Laura Kennedy, Sir Charles Tupper School

South Shore Regional School Board

  • Sandra Himmelman, Hebbville Academy
  • Cameron Strong, North Queens Community School

Strait Regional School Board

  • Robert MacDonald, Richmond Education Centre/ Academy
  • Mike MacIsaac, St. Mary's Education Centre/ Academy
  • Tiffany MacNeil, H.M. MacDonald Elementary School
  • Rob Ryan, Tamarac Education Centre

Tri-County Regional School Board

  • Adam Aldred, Barrington Municipal High School
  • Karen Shupe, Digby Elementary School
  • Stephanie Wallace, Carleton Consolidated School

Partner Awards

  • John Cochrane, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
  • Andrea Huskilson, Nova Scotia School Boards Association
  • Danielle McNeil-Hessian, Association of Nova Scotia Educational Administrators
  • Katie St-Martin, Fédération des parents acadiens de la Nouvelle-Écosse
  • Diane Power, Nova Scotia Federation of Home and School Associations

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