Susan Allen
(5/17) The Thurmont Lions Club
announced nominees for its 2007 Teacher of the
Year award at a reception held at Thurmont
Primary School on April 17. Candidates for the
honor are nominated by parents, students, and
fellow educators at six area schools:
Lewistown Elementary (LES), Sabillasville
Elementary (SES), Thurmont Primary (TPS),
Thurmont Elementary (TES), Thurmont Middle
(TMS), and Catoctin High (CHS). One candidate
is selected to represent each school, and the
Teacher of the Year will be chosen from among
the six nominees.
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The Thurmont Lions Club recently announced its
finalists for its Teacher of the Year award.
They are front row (l to r): Jim McGivern
(Thurmont Elementary), Tonya Wantz
(Sabillasville Elementary), Michelle Keegin
(Lewistown Elementary), Matt Sweigart
(Catoctin High); Back row (l to r) : Rebecca
Althoff (Thurmont Middle), and Heather Hommey
(Thurmont Primary.) Also shown on the back row
is Lions Club President Susan Favorite. The
overall 2007 Teacher of the Year will be
announced at the Thurmont Lions Club's
Education Night, May 23. |
The six finalists for Teacher of the Year
are: Matt Sweigart, Modern World History
teacher at CHS; Michelle Keegin, a
kindergarten teacher at Lewistown; Jim
McGivern from Thurmont Elementary, who
teachers fourth grade; Tonya Wantz,
Sabillasville Elementary, who also teaches
fourth grade; Rebecca Althoff, seventh-grade
math teacher at TMS; and Heather Hommey, a
first-grade teacher from Thurmont Primary
School.
These nominees and their principals will be
recognized at a dinner at Cozy Restaurant on
May 23, 2007. The 2007 Teacher of the Year
will be announced at the event.
Other nominees were kindergarten teacher
Heather Flickinger (TPS), Berna LaForce
(theatre arts and chorus, TMS), and Brenda
Smith (third grade) and Marnie Mortenson
(second grade) from Sabillasville.
This is the fifth year the Lions Club has
sponsored the program, which is designed to
show the community’s appreciation of its
educators, and the second year that the
Lewistown and Sabillasville schools have been
included. Emmitsburg Elementary School is not
included because the area is served by a
separate Lions group.
