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Educators, Partners Honoured During Provincial Education Week

Education (July 1999 - March 2013)

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

Teachers, students and education partners from across the province gathered today, April 23, to recognize the recipients of Nova Scotia's Education Week Awards.

Twenty-three educators and five partners will receive awards for providing students with the tools they need to be successful. The awards support this year's Education Week theme, Educating Students for Life.

"The educators we are honouring today go above and beyond for the benefit of their students' mental, physical and social well-being," said Education Minister Ramona Jennex. "I sincerely thank all of the recipients for their dedication in preparing our young people for success -- not only in the classroom, but for the rest of their lives."

Celebrated since 1935, Education Week honours teachers and education partners' commitment to their students and subjects. This year, Education Week is April 20-28.

"It's rewarding in the fact that people recognize the work educators do every day," said Kelly Hale, vice-principal at Porters Lake Elementary School, and a recipient of the 2012 Education Week Award. "Receiving this award was a pleasant surprise, and it's great to be appreciated by students and fellow staff."

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.

The description of each recipient is available at www.ednet.ns.ca/educationweek2012 .

Following is a list of Education Week 2012 Award Recipients:

Annapolis Valley Regional School Board

  • Stephen Campbell, Annapolis East Elementary School
  • Marla Davis, Aldershot Elementary School
  • Melissa Greenough, Windsor Forks District School

Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board

  • Darlene Bereta, Dr. TL Sullivan Junior High
  • Donna Sawlor, Brookland Elementary

Chignecto-Central Regional School Board

  • Jeff Green, Northumberland Regional High
  • Jayne Peters, Elmsdale District School
  • Lyn Sutherland, Wallace Consolidated Elementary School

Conseil scolaire Acadien provincial

  • Chantal Letourneau, École Beaubassin
  • Edith D'Entremont, École Pubnico-Ouest
  • Delores Boudreau, l'École Beau-Port à Arichat et Centre scolaire étoile de l'Acadie à Sydney

Halifax Regional School Board

  • Kelly Hale, Porters Lake Elementary
  • Paul Hunt, Elizabeth Sutherland School
  • Paul Ingram, Eric Graves Memorial Jr. High School

South Shore Regional School Board

  • Warren Dobson, South Queens Junior High School
  • Greg Millman, Chester Area Middle School

Strait Regional School Board

  • Jenn Laudadio, Dr. J.H. Gillis Regional High School
  • Julie McVicar, Mulgrave Memorial Education Centre
  • Sharon Ryan, Tamarac Education Centre
  • Helen Whalen, West Richmond Education Centre

Tri-County Regional School Board

  • Shawn Comeau, Digby Regional High School
  • Lori LeBlanc, Meadowfields Community School
  • Leah Weare, Cape Sable Island Elementary

Association of Nova Scotia Educational Administrators

  • Jack Beaton

Department of Education

  • Natalie Flinn

Nova Scotia School Boards Association

  • Jamie Stevens

Nova Scotia Teachers Union

  • Paul Hamer

Nova Scotia Federa tion of Home and School Associations

  • Beverly Mullin

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