Emerson Honors 87 St. Louis Area Educators with Excellence in Teaching Awards

ST. LOUIS (Nov. 21, 2022) – Emerson has named 87 local educators as the 2022 honorees of the company’s Excellence in Teaching Awards. The annual program recognizes St. Louis area instructors, selected by their schools’ administrators, for their accomplishments and dedication to their students and the teaching profession.

“Empowering students with a quality educational experience starts with teachers who are passionate about their profession and committed to their students,” said Akberet Boykin Farr, vice president of diversity and social responsibility for Emerson. “This year’s Excellence in Teaching Awards honors 87 teachers who continue to inspire, drive change and build a better future for their students, school and community. We are energized by their efforts and privileged to present them as this year’s honorees.” 

The Excellence in Teaching Awards program began in St. Louis in 1989 and is sponsored annually by Emerson, the global technology and software company.

A complete list of the 2022 award recipients is available below and posted on the Emerson website here.

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Emerson’s 2022 Excellence in Teaching Award Honorees

Emerson's 2024 Excellence in Teaching Award Honorees

District

School

Teacher

Affton School District

GOTSCH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

Anne Meyer

Alton COMMUNITY UNIT School District #11

North Elementary School

Sarah Magary-Burns

Archdiocese of Saint Louis

Sacred Heart Catholic Grade School - Florissant 

Mary Beth Akers  

St. Dominic High School

Alexandra Pfahler  

St. Francis of Assisi School 

Emily Schmitz 

Bayless School District

Bayless elementary School

Courtney Duffy  

Belle Valley School District #119

Belle Valley School

Jennifer Kazmierczak 

Belleville Public School District #118

Washington school

Jen Coca  

BETHALTO COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT #8

Trimpe Middle School  

Dee Haar  

Central 104 School District

Dawn Elser Elementary School  

Sarah Copeland  

Chaminade College Preparatory School

Chaminade College Preparatory School

Derio Gambaro  

City of St. Charles School District 

St. Charles West High School 

Stephanie Lake 

Collinsville Community Unit School District 10  

Dorris Intermediate School  

Holli Lorsbach  

CRYSTAL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

CRYSTAL CITY HIGH SCHOOL

Stephen Eisenbeis

DE SOTO SCHOOL DISTRICT #73

DE SOTO HIGH SCHOOL

Lindsey Brinkman

Diocese of Belleville  

Blessed Sacrament School  

Margaret Butler  

Gibault Catholic High School

David Schauer  

East Alton-Wood River High School District #14

East Alton-Wood River High School

Michael Lawson  

East Central College

East Central College

Jessica Van Leer  

East St. Louis School District #189

Annette Officer Elementary school

Ashley Daniels  

Edwardsville community unit School District #7

Hamel Elementary School 

Amy Ferguson  

Festus R-VI School District

Festus high School

Tiffany Therrell 

Fontbonne University

Fontbonne University

Dr. Daffney Joy Felton  

Fort Zumwalt School district

Fort Zumwalt Early Childhood Center

Jennifer Kist 

Hope High School  

Jason Rubin   

Francis Howell School District

Francis Howell High School

Katie Schottmueller  

Saeger Middle School  

Leif Johnson  

Freeburg Community High School District 77 

Freeburg Community High School 

Michelle Etter  

Grandview r-2 school district

grandview Middle School 

Madeline Rotter 

Grant Community Consolidated School District #110

Grant Middle School

Gina Walker  

Hancock Place School District

Hancock Place High School

Jenni Dittrich  

Hazelwood School District  

Hazelwood West Middle School 

Jason Melaski  

Harris-Stowe State University  

Harris-Stowe State University  

Dr. Scott Horrell 

High Mount School District #116

High Mount School

Sara Hedrick 

Jefferson College

Jefferson College

Gerard Uhls  

Jefferson R-VII School District

Jefferson R-7 High School 

Amy Schachner-Benoist  

Jennings School District

Woodland Elementary School

Tanya Kollack  

Northview Elementary School 

Treisa Gladney  

Jersey Community Unit School District 100  

Jersey Community High School  

Allen Snyder  

Kirkwood School District

Tillman Elementary School

Courtney Wells  

Ladue School District

Ladue Horton Watkins High School 

Ashley Lock  

Lewis & Clark Community College

Lewis & Clark Community College

Paula Kelso  

Lindbergh Schools

Long Elementary School 

Tim Waters  

Living Water Academy

Living Water Academy

Jeff Stewart  

Lutheran Elementary School Association

St. Paul’s Lutheran School 

Heather Hemler  

Lutheran High School Association 

Lutheran South High School  

Brian Lind 

Madison Community Unit School District 12 

Madison Junior High School  

Paula Bollini  

Maplewood Richmond Heights School District 

Maplewood Richmond Heights Middle School 

Nicole Kinkelaar  

Mascoutah School District #19

Mascoutah Middle School

Alison Cummins 

McKendree University

McKendree University

Dr. Katie Alford  

Mehlville School District

Hagemann Elementary School 

Stephanie Bailey  

Meramec Valley R-III School District

Zitzman Elementary School 

Jerri Anding 

Missouri Baptist University

School of Nursing

Dr. Ashley Bell 

New Athens Community Unit School District #60

New Athens Elementary School

JoLynn Burch  

New Haven School District

New Haven High School  

Jaime Hoener  

Normandy Schools Collective 

Washington Elementary School  

Juanita Johnson  

Northwest R-I School District

Woodridge Middle School 

Nate Boxdorfer  

O'Fallon School District #90

Carriel Junior High School 

Tori Engel  

O’Fallon Township School District 203 

O’Fallon Township High School 

Kristin Strubhart 

Orchard Farm School District

Orchard Farm Elementary School

Nicole Jaggi  

Parkway School District

Parkway Central Middle School 

Morgan Schneider

Ross Elementary School 

Tyra Hall  

Parkway North High School 

Jennifer Bannecker  

Pattonville School District

Parkwood Elementary School 

Audrey Masek 

Pontiac-William Holliday School District #105

William Holliday Elementary School  

Julie Neill 

Ritenour School District

Marion Elementary School 

Meggan Bruner  

Rockwood School District

Westridge Elementary School  

Molly Clince  

Eureka High School 

Jenni Highfill 

Roxana Community Unit School District #1

Roxana Senior High School 

Suze Gibson  

Saint Louis Priory School

Saint Louis Priory School

Stacey Neal  

Saint Louis University

College of Arts and Sciences 

Christina Garcia 

School of Education 

Jennifer Buehler  

School District of Clayton

Clayton High School 

Katelyn Long  

School District of Washington

Four Rivers Career Center 

Jeff Frankenberg 

Shiloh Village School District 85 

Shiloh Middle School 

Casey Restivo  

Signal Hill School District #181

Signal Hill School

Jacqueline Altmansberger 

Smithton Community Consolidated School District 130  

Smithton Elementary School  

Katie Kapp  

Special School District of St. Louis County

Jennings Senior High School 

Barbara Harsley 

Valley Park Middle School 

Danielle Fox 

South Technical High School 

Melissa Maness 

North Technical High School 

Patrick Hanneken 

Westridge Elementary School  

Sarah Studie  

St. Charles Community College  

St. Charles Community College  

Dayu Wang  

St. Louis Community College

Forest Park

Lindsay Fox 

St. Louis Community College

Meramec

Matthew Bast 

St. Louis Community College

Florissant Valley

Kimberly S. Barr 

Sullivan School District

Sullivan High School

Saundra Causillas  

Triad Community Unit School District #2

Marine Elementary School  

Angela Richter  

University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis

St. Louis College of Pharmacy 

Andrew Crannage  
Amy Reese 

Valley Park School District 

Valley Park Elementary School 

Kayla LaBeaume  

Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis

Dennis Barbour  

Washington University in St. Louis

Dennis Cosgrove  

Washington University in St. Louis

Maria de la Cruz  

Washington University in St. Louis

Kelley Van Dyck Murphy  

Washington University in St. Louis

Silas Johnson 

Washington University in St. Louis

Elanor F. Williams  

Washington University in St. Louis

Tabea Alexa Linhard  

Washington University in St. Louis

Michelle Purdy  

Washington University in St. Louis

Mitchell Sommers  

Webster Groves School District  

Edgar Road Elementary School 

Carrie Sachtleben

Webster University

Webster University

Stephanie C. Schroeder  

Wentzville School District

Liberty High School 

Sandy Pizzo 

Heritage Elementary School 

Lauren Coldiron 

Westminster Christian Academy  

Gina Meeks 

Whiteside School District #115

Whiteside Elementary School

Amy Hartung  


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