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SEVEN FINALISTS VIE FOR MIAMI-DADE'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR
AWARD
January 15, 2004
Miami-Dade County Public Schools' most outstanding teacher
will be named at the annual Francisco R. Walker Golden Apple
Teacher of the Year Ceremony at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, at
the Radisson Mart Plaza Hotel, 711 N.W. 72 Ave., Miami.
Tickets for the event are $39 per person or $390 for a table
of 10.
Seven finalists have been nominated from the system's six
ACCESS Centers and its Office of Adult/Vocational,
Alternative Education & Dropout Prevention. The
nominees, the grades or subjects they teach, and their
schools are as follows:
ACCESS
Center I -
Niurka
Rosendo, Second Grade, Joella C. Good Elementary;
ACCESS
Center II -
Andrew Kearns, Mathematics, Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior
High;
ACCESS
Center III -
Demeka
Breedlove-Mays, English, Miami Northwestern Senior
High;
ACCESS
Center IV
- Rodester
Brandon, Music, New World School of the Arts;
ACCESS
Center V -
Brian
C. Wuttke, Music, Miami Killian Senior High;
ACCESS
Center VI -
Susan
Martell, Early Childhood Education/Kindergarten, Cutler
Ridge Elementary;
Office
of Adult/Vocational, Alternative Education & Dropout
Prevention - Chris J. Kirchner, English, William H.
Turner Technical Arts Senior High.
The banquet is
a joint venture between the United Teachers of Dade, the
Parent-Teachers Association and Miami-Dade County Public
Schools. Velda Farms is sponsoring the event. Co-sponsors
include Univision Channel 23, TeleFutura Channel 69 and Nova
Southeastern University.
For further information or to RSVP, call the Bureau of
Community Services, at 305-995-1215.
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