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MARPLE-NEWTOWN, PA — Chester County's Citadel Heart of Learning Award is now taking nominations, and you can submit a Marple Newtown School District teacher.
The public can submit a teacher for the award now through Jan. 15, 2022.
This award recognizes teachers who have made a particular impact on their students, schools and communities and is administered by Citadel Bank and the Chester County Intermediate Unit.
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Since it began in 2001, numerous teachers have been nominated and honored.
You can nominate a teacher here.
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The Citadel team reviews each nomination and selects 15 finalists:
- One teacher from each of the 13 area public school districts
- One teacher from the Chester County Intermediate Unit
- One teacher from a non-public school in Chester County (including charter and home-schools)
Each of the 15 finalists receives $500 to use in his or her classroom. From this group, three winners are selected:
- One high school teacher
- One middle school teacher
- One elementary school teacher
Then, each winner receives the Citadel Heart of Learning Award along with an additional $1,500 for use in the classroom.
Learn more about the award here.
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The Citadel Heart of Learning Award is a nationally-recognized program through Citadel Banking and the Chester County Intermediate Unit. The award is designed to honor and thank Chester County’s teachers while raising awareness of the impact on students, families, and the entire community. This year over 2700 nominations were received.
Ms. Natalie Smith, 2016 Citadel Finalist, accepts the award at the High School |
On February 24, 2016 Citadel representatives awarded High School teacher, Ms. Natalie Smith, the Citadel Heart of Learning Finalist Award for Owen J. Roberts School District. Ms. Smith will receive a $500 award to purchase supplies or other items for his classroom. An excerpt from one of the nominations describing outstanding kindness Ms. Smith demonstrated to students was read. Ms. Smith complimented the entire High School staff by saying, “Twelve years ago I made a decision to join the Owen J. Roberts team. It was the best decision I could ever have made both professionally and personally because I get to work with so many talented and helpful people.”
On May 3, 2016, finalists from all school districts in Chester County will gather at the award banquet for final awards.
Congratulations to the following Owen J. Roberts School District staff members who were nominees:
Joanna Abramson | Clifford Hall | Kaitlyn Roderick |
Robin Allen | Deb Harvey | Shelby Roland |
Adrienne Andres | Jenn Heckler | John Sands |
Lisa Bealer | Jason Hess | Emily Sassaman |
Kelly Beaver | Mark Hofer | Lori Scheib |
Katherine Bell | Amanda Holmes | Kris Schwab |
Amber Benson | Brittany Iacono | Kristen Schwenk |
Elizabeth Bevan | Tiffany Ianello | Elizabeth Seiler |
Stacia Bickell | Paula Jackson | Karlen Senseny |
Mark Bilodeau | Patty Janda | Ashley Sergas |
Kevin Bott | Peter Kelly | Jessica Shebelsky |
Leah Braun | Melissa Kent | Casey Smith |
Matthew Brewer | Elaine Kindl | Eric Smith |
Bryan Burtnett | Joe Kirtner | Natalie Smith |
Amy Christman | Allison Kulp | Shawna Smith-Wentzel |
Lauren Clementoni | Linda Laird | Michelle Soloman |
Tanya Clemens | Brad Lamison | Tom Sonnenberg |
Kristin Colfer | Timothy Lewis | Brian Sponagle |
Lindsay Cooney | Marc Lieberson | Marisa Stoltzfus |
Adria Creswell | Susan Lloyd | Julie Taney |
Brad Creswell | Alvin Lynch | Erin Taylor |
William Crowl | Tim Marcoe | Michael Uhas |
Anna DePaol | Amanda Martin | Sybil Vernon |
Marcy Dunn | Meghan Maurer | Tania Vogel |
Paul Durn | Laura Nesley | Daryl Walmer |
Ingrid Fake | Dawn Newswanger | Susan Wendel |
Joe Faust | Lori Palmer | Chris Wittlinger |
Julie Feldman | Christopher Palochak | Andrew Worley |
Noah Fickler | Elizabeth Palumbo | Meg Wrubel |
Erin Flexner | Diane Pastella | Erin Wydrzynski |
Shelly Flick | Joseph Perry | Amanda Yoder |
Jeremy Fox | Judy Poley | Jonathan Yoder |
Joe Gallagher | Danielle Ponto | Carly Youngblood |
Laura Gerstenberg | Linda Price | Eric Zalesky |
Kimberly Gery | Patrice Reiche | Elizabeth Zehren |
Lindsay Hale | Heather Reynolds |