Elicker and Keegan Awards

Last Updated on Thursday, Apr. 12, 2012 11:47am Written by Chris Murphy

THE 2012 PAUL E. ELICKER AND BRENDA KEEGAN AWARDS
FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING

For an explanation of the awards click on the name of the award
Elicker Award Explanation
Keegan Award Explanation

To view past winners click on the links below:

Elicker Award past winners
Keegan Award past winners

To make nominations click on this link to access the forms

THE PAUL E. ELICKER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN

TEACHING-NEWTON NORTH

In 1991, Paul E. Elicker, Newton North High School Class of 1940, established the Paul E. Elicker Award for Excellence in Teaching. His generous gift is a tribute to his father, who was principal at Newton High School from 1932 –1940. Each year an award, funded by Mr. Elicker’s grant, is presented for excellence in teaching. By agreement with Mr. Elicker, excellence is broadly defined as:

· A deep appreciation and knowledge of a subject matter

· Teaching that stretches the mind of students

· Standards for performance that inspire excellence

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THE BRENDA KEEGAN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING - NEWTON NORTH

Upon her retirement in 2010, the friends and family of Brenda Keegan, a former English Department Head (Newton North High School), Principal (Newton South High School) and Deputy Superintendent (Newton Public Schools) established this award as a gift to the two high schools she loved.

Each year “The Keegan Award for Excellence in Teaching” recognizes one Educator from each high school who inspires students to think—both critically and creatively—and to consider the significance of their studies to their own lives. Beyond these educators’ extensive knowledge of their academic disciplines and warm personal engagement with students, Brenda Keegan hoped that this award would particularly honor teachers whom students say “really taught us how to think.”

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Paul E. Elicker Faculty Recipients

1991	Jessie Timberlake Richard Travers	1992 Lori Borden Peter Capodilupo
1993	Margaret Flaherty William O’Neil	1994 David Outerbridge Lawrence Caranfa
1995	Robert Faulkner Daniel Vignone	1996 Daniel Kunitz Carol Seitz
1997	John (Rob) Stark Emilio Mazzola	1998 Chuck Kamar Robert Mitchell
1999	Charlotte Thompson Gary Elliott	2000 Brainerd Phillipson Erika Chisolm
2001	Linda Fries Ernest Nicol	2002 Yvonne Davey Lyn Montague
2003	Paula Garrity George MacIver	2004 Thomas Donnellan Allan MacDougall
2005	Esme Green Gretchen Sterling	2006 Jo Ellen Hillyer Joseph Siciliano
2007	Mike Fieleke Jennifer Morrill	2008 Margery Wieder Barbara Gibson
2009	Melissa Dilworth Stephen Chinosi	2010 Elena Graceffa
2011	Zachary Snow	2012

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Brenda Keegan Faculty Recipients

2010	Janice Miller	2011 David Hawkins
2012		2013
2014		2015

The Elicker/Keegan committee, comprising five teachers, two students,
two parents, one housemaster, one department head, and the principal,
invites written nominations from all members of the Newton North
community for the 2012 Paul E. Elicker and Brenda Keegan Awards.
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We invite you to submit a written nomination for a faculty member who deserves recognition for excellence—a teacher (for the Elicker Award) or an Educator (also likely a teacher, but more broadly defined to include others who work with students, such as coaches, counselors and administrators for the Keegan Award). We ask that for either awards you give some specific reasons for your choice.

To access the nomination forms, please locate the link on the Newton North High School website: nnhs.newton.k12.ma.us