Student Excellence Fellows are District 200 educators who have:
- been awarded Student Excellence Grants
- completed a successful Fund-a-Classroom (FAC) Campaign and/or
- been named as a Distinguished Educator
Recent recipients are listed first, followed by the full list of Fellows.
Recent Fellows
| SCHOOL | EDUCATOR | Spring 2024 GRANT / Fund-A-Classroom | WHAT |
| Franklin | Asgedom, Mehret | Grant Spring 2023 | “A Safe Space” Project |
| Franklin | Simpson, Liz | Distinguished Educator 2024 | |
| Hubble | Fogg, Ariel | Distinguished Educator 2024 | |
| Johnson | Gabor, Katie | Distinguished Educator 2024 | |
| Longfellow | Meyer, Jennifer | Distinguished Educator 2024 | |
| Transition | Cassano, Caroline | Grant Fall 2023 | Music Therapy |
| WNHS | Gannon, Rachel | Distinguished Educator 2024 | |
| WWSHS | Brennan, Kieran | Distinguished Educator 2024 | |
| Whittier | Dantino, Lindsey | FAC 2022 | March Book Madness |
All Fellows since 2015
| SCHOOL | EDUCATOR | STUDENT EXCELLENCE GRANT | FUND-A-CLASSROOM | DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR |
| Bower | Bagley, Kristin | Grant Fall 2016 | ||
| Bower | DeJong-Pawelski, Nicholas | Grant Spring 2023, Fall 2022 | ||
| Bower | Kastrantas, Katina | FAC 2018 | ||
| Bower | Lamkin, Melissa | FAC 2021+ | ||
| Bower | Mahler, Alexis | Grant Spring 2021, Fall 2016 | ||
| Bower | Ryan, Maggie | FAC 2023 | ||
| Bower | Thorp, Eileen | Grant Fall 2018 | ||
| Bower | Zamsky, Kimberly | Grant Spring 2016 | Distinguished Ed 2022 | |
| Bower | Zurek, Sue | Grant Fall 2023, Spring 2021 | ||
| Edison | Annes, Claire | FAC 2017, 2016 | ||
| Edison | Austin, Amanda | Distinguished Ed 2017 | ||
| Edison | Carey, Christine | Distinguished Ed 2020 | ||
| Edison | Dempsey (Schillinger), Savanna | FAC 2023, 2016 | ||
| Edison | Eland, Elisabeth | Grant Spring 2022 | ||
| Edison | Engle (Humann), Janelle | FAC | ||
| Edison | Humphris, Lauryn | Grant Fall 2019 | ||
| Edison | Incrocci, Stephanie | FAC | ||
| Edison | Iype, Usha | Grant Spring 2023 | ||
| Edison | Klein, Joanne | Distinguished Ed 2021 | ||
| Edison | Lyons, Amanda | Grant Fall 2022 | ||
| Edison | Pfile, Michael | FAC | Distinguished Ed 2022 | |
| Edison | Schwartz, Amy | FAC 2017 | ||
| Edison | Schwartzhoff, Mary | Grant Fall 2022 | ||
| Edison | Shamsuddin, Jasmine | Grant Spring 2017 | ||
| Edison | Wentzloff, Kori | Grant Spring 2018 | ||
| Edison | Wiewiora, Brian | FAC | ||
| Emerson | Bergren, Jessica | Fall 2019 (Lincoln) | 2017 (Franklin) | |
| Emerson | Dudgeon, Amanda | Distinguished Ed 2023 | ||
| Emerson | Holy, Kerry | 2017 | ||
| Emerson | Hottendorf, Jennifer | Grant Spring 2022 | ||
| Emerson | Kleve, Andrea | FAC | ||
| Emerson | Krumme, Kelsey | Grant Fall 2023 | ||
| Emerson | Moses, Sharri | FAC | ||
| Emerson | Prange, Catherine | Grant Spring 2016 | ||
| Emerson | Stoneberg, Rachel | FAC | ||
| Emerson | Wecker, Jennifer | Distinguished Ed 2021 | ||
| Emerson | Young, Erin | Grant Fall 2017, Fall 2016 | FAC 2021 | |
| Franklin | Asgedom, Mehret | Grant Spring 2023 | ||
| Franklin | Bendis, Dave | Grant Spring 2023 | ||
| Franklin | Bonnamy, Ryan | Distinguished Ed 2017 | ||
| Franklin | Doherty, Lisa | Grant Fall 2015 | ||
| Franklin | Dorshorst, Jenna | Grant Fall 2015 | ||
| Franklin | Fowler, Victoria | FAC 2023 | ||
| Franklin | Francik, Carl | FAC 2021, 2017 | ||
| Franklin | Grodoski, Christopher | Grant Spring 2018 | ||
| Franklin | Hammer, Maggie | Grant Fall 2016 | ||
| Franklin | Hasenjaeger, Cheryl | FAC 2021 | ||
| Franklin | Hughes, Kristin | Grant Fall 2017 | ||
| Franklin | Kim, Anna | Grant Fall 2015 | FAC 2021 | |
| Franklin | Nielsen, Daniel | Grant Spring 2023 | FAC 2021 | |
| Franklin | Pehta, Laine | Grant Spring 2021 | ||
| Franklin | Simpson, Liz | Grant Fall 2017 | Distinguished Ed 2024 | |
| Hawthorne | Corbett, Diane | Grant Spring 2023 | ||
| Hawthorne | Fitzenreider, Michelle | Grant Spring 2023 | FAC 2017 | |
| Hawthorne | Heppe, Janet | Grant Spring 2016 | ||
| Hawthorne | Holland, Tracy | Grant Fall 2019, Spring 2017 | Distinguished Ed 2017 | |
| Hawthorne | Janavich, Amy | FAC 2017 | ||
| Hawthorne | Moran, Danielle | Grant Fall 2018 | ||
| Hawthorne | Murphy, Katharine | Grant Fall 2022 | ||
| Hawthorne | Quarto, Tony | Grant Fall 2022 | ||
| Hawthorne | Schubert, Julie | Grant Fall 2016 | ||
| Hawthorne | Theodore, Kimberly | Grant Fall 2018 | Distinguished Ed 2018 | |
| Hawthorne | Young, Ashley | Grant Spring 2018, Spring 2016 | ||
| Hawthorne | Zimmer, Holly | Grant Fall 2021 | ||
| Hubble | Balzer, Andrew | Grant Fall 2017 | ||
| Hubble | Bresnahan, Patrick | Grant Fall 2018, Spring 2018 | ||
| Hubble | Cacioppo, Heather | Grant Spring 2021 | FAC | |
| Hubble | Czerwinski, Kelsey | Grant Spring 2019 | ||
| Hubble | Diaz, Kristin | Grant Spring 2020 | FAC | |
| Hubble | Fogg, Ariel | Distinguished Ed 2024 | ||
| Hubble | Heller, Jessica | Grant Fall 2022 | ||
| Hubble | Hiben, Mark | Grant Spring 2022 | FAC 2018 | |
| Hubble | Jancius, Blake | Distinguished Ed 2023 | ||
| Hubble | Menich, Sarah | Grant Fall 2019 | Distinguished Ed 2019 | |
| Hubble | Moran, Kelly | FAC 2021 | ||
| Hubble | Mowell, Michael | Distinguished Ed 2017 | ||
| Hubble | Quetua, Edilvergel | Grant Fall 2015 | Distinguished Ed 2018 | |
| Hubble | Rosengren, Rebecca | Grant Fall 2022 | ||
| Hubble | Stollard, Lisa | Grant Fall 2021 | ||
| Hubble | Webster, RaeEllen | Grant Spring 2019 | ||
| Jefferson | Denniger, Debra | Grant Spring 2018 | ||
| Jefferson | Iffert, Mary | Grant Spring 2016 | ||
| Jefferson | Petrilli, Krista | Grant Fall 2015 | ||
| Jefferson | Stoffels, Kris | Grant Spring 2023, Fall 2015 | ||
| Jefferson | Zentner, Stephanie | Grant Fall 2017 | ||
| Johnson | Earnst, Deborah | Grant Spring 2016 | ||
| Johnson | Gabor, Katie | Grant Spring 2021 | Distinguished Ed 2024 | |
| Johnson | Gianfrancesco, Nina | Grant Spring 2017 | ||
| Johnson | Hageman, Axel | Grant Fall 2023 | ||
| Johnson | Jeffrey, Tracy | Grant Fall 2019 | ||
| Johnson | Kubilius, John | Grant Spring 2023 | ||
| Johnson | LoBue, Gail | Grant Spring 2023, Fall 2018 | Distinguished Ed 2017 | |
| Johnson | Messina (Loizzo), Disa | Grant Spring 2017 | ||
| Johnson | Novakowski, Jessica | Grant Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016 | FAC | |
| Johnson | Schramm, Jaclyn | Grant Fall 2023 | ||
| Johnson | Strickland, Lauren | FAC 2017 | ||
| Johnson | Waldron, Liana | Grant Spring 2016 | ||
| Lincoln | Giacolo, Kelly | Grant Fall 2018 | ||
| Lincoln | Hsu, Candance | Grant Fall 2021 | ||
| Lincoln | Kappelman, Nicole | FAC 2017 | ||
| Lincoln | Korntheuer, Stephanie | Grant Fall 2021 | ||
| Lincoln | Lichtenberg, Lauren | Grant Spring 2020 | ||
| Lincoln | Peterson, Sarah | Grant Fall 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | ||
| Lincoln | Reid, Brittany | Grant Fall 2018 | ||
| Lincoln | Therens, Ellen | FAC | ||
| Lincoln | Wsol, Joanna | Distinguished Ed 2018 | ||
| Longfellow | Anderson, Barbara | Grant Spring 2016 | ||
| Longfellow | Ekstrand, Katherine | Grant Fall 2017, Fall 2015 | ||
| Longfellow | Riordan (now Fitzwater), Jenna | FAC 2018 | ||
| Longfellow | Houlihan, Deborah | Grant Fall 2017 | ||
| Longfellow | Huff, Rebecca | Grant Spring 2017 | ||
| Longfellow | Korwin, Matt | Grant Spring 2023 | ||
| Longfellow | Meyer, Jennifer | Distinguished Ed 2024 | ||
| Longfellow | Nicholson, Nancy | Grant Fall 2022, Fall 2015 | ||
| Longfellow | Parise, Taryn | Grant Fall 2015 | ||
| Lowell | Baumann, Laura | Grant Spring 2018 | ||
| Lowell | Carlson, Mary | Grant Spring 2016 | ||
| Lowell | McDonald, Anne Marie | Grant Fall 2016 | ||
| Lowell | Shamsuddin, Jasmine | Grant Fall 2022 | ||
| Lowell | Thurston, Brooke | Grant Spring 2021 | ||
| Lowell | Toner, Ramona | FAC 2022 | ||
| Lowell | Woods, Kelly | Grant Spring 2023, Spring 2019, Fall 2015 | ||
| Madison | Acharya, Aditi | Grant Spring 2017 | ||
| Madison | Aguilar, Laura | FAC | ||
| Madison | Barnham, Erin | Grant Fall 2015 (Longfellow) | ||
| Madison | Beal, Jamie | FAC | ||
| Madison | Feeley, Lisa | Distinguished Ed 2019 | ||
| Madison | Grace, Tom | Grant Spring 2016 | ||
| Madison | Kleinpaste, Jessica | Grant Spring 2022 | ||
| Madison | Nestel, Kim | Grant Fall 2022 | ||
| Madison | Tomek, Lisa | Grant Fall 2023 | ||
| Madison | Yi, Jordan | Grant Spring 2020 | ||
| Monroe | Aghazadeh, Sara | Grant Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 | ||
| Monroe | Baker, Lucia | FAC | ||
| Monroe | Bohr, Meg | FAC 2018 | ||
| Monroe | Hansen, Scot | Grant Fall 2022 | Distinguished Ed 2022 | |
| Monroe | Michalak, Julie | Distinguished Ed 2021 | ||
| Monroe | Minarich, Kimberly | Distinguished Ed 2018 | ||
| Monroe | Novak, Jeff | Distinguished Ed 2019 | ||
| Monroe | O’Rourke, Michelle | FAC 2018 | ||
| Monroe | Pector, Lauren | Grant Fall 2022 | ||
| Monroe | Polizzi, Katelyn | Grant Spring 2018 | ||
| Monroe | Prior, Lee | Distinguished Ed 2020 | ||
| Monroe | Radford, Dawn | FAC 2018 | ||
| Monroe | Rauen, Becky | FAC | ||
| Monroe | Scioli, Tammy | FAC | ||
| Monroe | Scot Hansen | Distinguished Ed 2022 | ||
| Monroe | Sierakowski, Kristine | FAC 2018, 2017, 2016 | ||
| Monroe | Skibbe, Donna | Distinguished Ed 2023 | ||
| Multiple | Megan Gitter | Spring 2021 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Bab, Amy | Grant Fall 2022 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Bellanca, Laura | 2021 (Virtual Academy) | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Berringer, Elizabeth | Grant Spring 2022 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Collins, Mary | Grant Spring 2016 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Conrad, Kelly | Grant Fall 2022 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Holtquist, Kristina | Grant Spring 2023 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Hume, Tina | Grant Fall 2022 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Klopfenstein, Renee | Grant Spring 2021 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Morgan, Kathleen | Grant Fall 2021 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Murray, Annie | Grant Fall 2021 | Distinguished Ed 2020 | |
| Pleasant Hill | Nielsen, Juliana | Grant Fall 2023, Spring 2021 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Prange, Betsy | Grant Fall 2016 | FAC 2019 | Distinguished Ed 2019 |
| Pleasant Hill | Rath, Jennifer | Grant Fall 2019 | FAC 2023, 2021 | |
| Pleasant Hill | Rozo Olaya, Estefany | Grant Spring 2020 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Sender, Melissa | Grant Fall 2015 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Slates, Stephen | Grant Fall 2016 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Vernetti, Deborah | Grant Spring 2019 | ||
| Sandburg | Davisson, Olivia | Grant Fall 2023 | ||
| Sandburg | Foerstel, Lynn | Grant Spring 2016 | ||
| Sandburg | Garwood, Terri | Distinguished Ed 2022 | ||
| Sandburg | Georganas, Maria | Grant Fall 2016 | ||
| Sandburg | Misulonas, Becky | Grant Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2018 | FAC | |
| Sandburg | Rindt, Theresa | Grant Fall 2021, Spring 2016 | ||
| Transition | Cassano, Caroline | Grant Fall 2023 | ||
| Transition | Thomas, Deborah | Grant Fall 2017 | ||
| Washington | Casper, Don | Grant Spring 2017 | ||
| Washington | Coover, Jennifer | FAC 2018 | ||
| Washington | Hrunek, Lauren | Grant Fall 2019 | FAC 2021 | |
| Washington | Kovarik, Amy | Grant Fall 2017 | ||
| Washington | Lipnisky, Krista | Grant Spring 2017, Fall 2015 | ||
| Washington | Roche, Denise | Grant Fall 2023 | ||
| Washington | Schlick, Mary | Grant Spring 2016 | ||
| Washington | Sheppard, Angela | Grant Spring 2021 | ||
| Washington | Switalski, Cara | Grant Fall 2023 | FAC 2020 | |
| Washington | Weisheit, Krystn | Grant Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017 | ||
| WNHS | Anderson, Kirsten | Grant Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2018, Spring 2016 (Johnson) | ||
| WNHS | Asgedom, Mehret | Grant Spring 2020 (Franklin) | ||
| WNHS | Costa, Gianna | Grant 2015 | ||
| WNHS | Formanski, Kevin | FAC 2018 | ||
| WNHS | Gannon, Rachel | Distinguished Ed 2024 | ||
| WNHS | Gosling, Heather | Grant Spring 2019 | ||
| WNHS | Griegoliet, Robert | Grant Spring 2023, Fall 2017 | Distinguished Ed 2016 | |
| WNHS | Johns, JT | Distinguished Ed 2022 | ||
| WNHS | Lim, Jessica | Distinguished Ed 2023 | ||
| WNHS | Lotspeich, Hayley | Grant Fall 2019 | ||
| WNHS | Moodie, Erin | Distinguished Ed 2021 | ||
| WNHS | Murphy, Ellen | Grant Spring 2017 | ||
| WNHS | Neibch, Michelle | FAC 2017 | ||
| WNHS | Neuhaus, Michael | Distinguished Ed 2018 | ||
| WNHS | Noe IV, John | Grant Fall 2023, Fall 2022 | FAC 2018 | |
| WNHS | Padera, Kyle | Distinguished Ed 2020 | ||
| WNHS | Puorto, Jaime | Distinguished Ed 2017 | ||
| WNHS | Ravanesi, Allie | Grant Fall 2019 | ||
| WNHS | Schmalz, Lisa | FAC 2022 | ||
| WNHS | Scott, Laura | FAC | ||
| WNHS | Verdon, Sandy | Grant Fall 2023 | ||
| WNHS | Wennmaker, Danielle | Grant Spring 2023, Spring 2022 | FAC 2022 | |
| WNHS | Wiegman, Colleen | Grant Fall 2021 | ||
| WNHS | Zeglin, Brian | Grant Fall 2022 | ||
| WWSHS | Biba, Brant | Grant Spring 2023 | ||
| WWSHS | Brennan, James | Grant Fall 2019 | ||
| WWSHS | Brennan, Kieran | Distinguished Ed 2024 | ||
| WWSHS | Burrell, Richard | Distinguished Ed 2020 | ||
| WWSHS | Chelist, Leah | Grant Fall 2022 | ||
| WWSHS | Cho, David | Distinguished Ed 2019 | ||
| WWSHS | Claud, James | Distinguished Ed 2017 | ||
| WWSHS | Culcasi, Philip | Grant Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Fall 2015 | ||
| WWSHS | Davidson, Emilee | Grant Fall 2022 | ||
| WWSHS | Fazio, James | Grant Fall 2023, Spring 2021 | ||
| WWSHS | Gassensmith, Katherine | Grant Fall 2022 | ||
| WWSHS | Grattan, Mackenzie | Distinguished Ed 2022 | ||
| WWSHS | Holmer, Malinda | Grant Spring 2021 | FAC 2018 | |
| WWSHS | Latta, Gloria | Distinguished Ed 2021 | ||
| WWSHS | Lawrence, Dr. Craig | Distinguished Ed 2018 | ||
| WWSHS | Munro, Robert | Grant Spring 2017 | ||
| WWSHS | Norris, Sean | Grant Spring 2016 | ||
| WWSHS | Scheffler, Matthew | Grant Fall 2015 | ||
| WWSHS | Valentino, Katie | Distinguished Ed 2023 | ||
| WWSHS | Vasquez, Jacqueline | Grant Fall 2021 | ||
| WWSHS | Wegscheid, Joanne | Distinguished Ed 2016 | ||
| Whittier | Bostrom, Megan | Grant Fall 2015 | Distinguished Ed 2015 | |
| Whittier | Charleston, Ashley | Grant Spring 2023 | ||
| Whittier | Dantino, Lindsey | Grant Fall 2021 | FAC 2023 | |
| Whittier | Eschbach, Kaylene | Grant Spring 2020 | ||
| Whittier | Garner, Sue | Grant Fall 2018, Spring 2016 | FAC 2021 | |
| Whittier | Hoskins, Barbara | Grant Spring 2018 | ||
| Whittier | Kane, Kim | Grant Fall 2019 | ||
| Whittier | Kern, Kimberly | Distinguished Ed 2021 | ||
| Whittier | Lang, Jill | Grant Spring 2020, Spring 2016 (Johnson) | ||
| Whittier | McPherson, Barbara | Grant Fall 2015 | ||
| Whittier | May, Cynthia | Grant FY2016 | ||
| Whittier | Moore, Margaret | Grant Spring 2017 | ||
| Whittier | Sanan, Anna | Grant Spring 2022 | ||
| Whittier | Snow, Kaitlin | Grant Fall 2016 | ||
| Whittier | Trapp, Bethany | FAC 2021 | ||
| Whittier | Vance, Christine | Grant Spring 2020, FY2016 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Beres, Robyn | Grant Spring 2022 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Gonzalez, Katie | Distinguished Ed 2023 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Hoskins, Barbara | Grant Spring 2018 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Jones, Todd | Distinguished Ed 2016 | ||
| Wiesbrook | McNamara, Megan | Grant Spring 2023 | FAC 2016 | |
| Wiesbrook | Mogk, Breanna | FAC 2021 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Scaccia, Sybil | FAC 2022 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Siciak, Sharon | Grant Fall 2016 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Sutton, Matt | Grant Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2019 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Wilson, Taylor | FAC | ||
| Wiesbrook | Zink, Lisa | Grant 2 Fall 2021, Spring 2016 (Whittier) |