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 2022GRANT / FAC | WHAT |
| Bower | Kimberly Zamsky | 2022 Distinguished Educator | |
| Bower | Melissa Lamkin | FAC | dry erase tables |
| Edison | Elisabeth Eland | Grant | Eco Club composting supplies |
| Edison | Michael Pfile | 2022 Distinguished Educator | |
| Emerson | Jennifer Hottendorf | Grant | Kindergarten smartboard |
| Franklin | Anna Kim | FAC | authentic grant-writing |
| Franklin | Carl Francik | FAC | physical/chemical properties materials |
| Franklin | Daniel Nielsen | FAC | Scope literary magazine subscription |
| Hubble | Mark Hiben | Grant | Vernier motion dynamics carts |
| Lowell | Ramona Toner | FAC | Kindergarten Special Learners |
| Madison | Jessica Kleinpaste | Grant | LLC robots |
| Monroe | Scot Hansen | 2022 Distinguished Educator | |
| Pleasant Hill | Elizabeth Berringer | Grant | Social Studies & Science library |
| Sandburg | Rebecca Misulonas | Grant | Math library |
| Sandburg | Terri Garwood | 2022 Distinguished Educator | |
| WNHS | Danielle Wennmaker | Grant | Gallery of Pride picture frames |
| WNHS | JT Johns | 2022 Distinguished Educator | |
| WNHS | Lisa Schmalz | FAC | Life Saving AEDs |
| WWSHS | Mackenzie Grattan | 2022 Distinguished Educator | |
| Whittier | Anna Sanan | Grant | podcasting equipment |
| Whittier | Bethany Trapp | FAC | 2nd grade library |
| Wiesbrook | Robyn Beres | Grant | USB microscopes |
All Fellows since 2015
| SCHOOL | EDUCATOR | STUDENT EXCELLENCE GRANT | FUND-A-CLASSROOM | DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR |
| Bower | Alexis Mahler | Spring 2021, Fall 2016 | ||
| Bower | Eileen Thorp | Fall 2018 | ||
| Bower | Katina Kastrantas | 2018 | ||
| Bower | Kimberly Zamsky | Spring 2016 | 2022 | |
| Bower | Kristin Bagley | Fall 2016 | ||
| Bower | Melissa Lamkin | 2021+ | ||
| Bower | Sue Zurek | Spring 2021 | ||
| Edison | Amanda Austin | 2017 | ||
| Edison | Amy Schwartz | 2017 | ||
| Edison | Brian Wiewiora | FAC | ||
| Edison | Christine Carey | 2020 | ||
| Edison | Claire Annes | 2016, 2017 | ||
| Edison | Elisabeth Eland | Spring 2022 | ||
| Edison | Janelle Engle (Humann) | FAC | ||
| Edison | Jasmine Shamsuddin | Spring 2017 | ||
| Edison | Kori Wentzloff | Spring 2018 | ||
| Edison | Lauryn Humphris | Fall 2019 | ||
| Edison | Michael Pfile | FAC | 2022 | |
| Edison | Savanna Dempsey (Schillinger) | 2016 | ||
| Edison | Stephanie Incrocci | FAC | ||
| Emerson | Andrea Kleve | FAC | ||
| Emerson | Catherine Prange | Spring 2016 | ||
| Emerson | Erin Young | Fall 2017, Fall 2016 | 2021 | |
| Emerson | Jennifer Hottendorf | Spring 2022 | ||
| Emerson | Jennifer Wecker | 2021 | ||
| Emerson | Jessica Bergren | Fall 2019 (Lincoln) | 2017 (Franklin) | |
| Emerson | Kerry Holy | 2017 | ||
| Emerson | Rachel Stoneberg | FAC | ||
| Emerson | Sharri Moses | FAC | ||
| Franklin | Anna Kim | Fall 2015 | 2021 | |
| Franklin | Carl Francik | 2017, 2021 | ||
| Franklin | Cheryl Hasenjaeger | 2021 | ||
| Franklin | Christopher Grodoski | Spring 2018 | ||
| Franklin | Daniel Nielsen | 2021 | ||
| Franklin | Jenna Dorshorst | Fall 2015 | ||
| Franklin | Kristin Hughes | Fall 2017 | ||
| Franklin | Laine Pehta | Spring 2021 | ||
| Franklin | Lisa Doherty | Fall 2015 | ||
| Franklin | Liz Simpson | Fall 2017 | ||
| Franklin | Maggie Hammer | Fall 2016 | ||
| Franklin | Ryan Bonnamy | 2017 | ||
| Hawthorne | Amy Janavich | 2017 | ||
| Hawthorne | Ashley Young | Spring 2018, Spring 2016 | ||
| Hawthorne | Danielle Moran | Fall 2018 | ||
| Hawthorne | Holly Zimmer | Fall 2021 | ||
| Hawthorne | Janet Heppe | Spring 2016 | ||
| Hawthorne | Julie Schubert | Fall 2016 | ||
| Hawthorne | Kimberly Theodore | Fall 2018 | 2018 | |
| Hawthorne | Michelle Fitzenreider | 2017 | ||
| Hawthorne | Tracy Holland | Spring 2017, Fall 2019 | 2017 | |
| Hubble | Andrew Balzer | Fall 2017 | ||
| Hubble | Edilvergel Quetua | Fall 2015 | 2018 | |
| Hubble | Heather Cacioppo | Spring 2021 | FAC | |
| Hubble | Kelly Moran | 2021 | ||
| Hubble | Kelsey Czerwinski | Spring 2019 | ||
| Hubble | Kristin Diaz | Spring 2020 | FAC | |
| Hubble | Lisa Stollard | Fall 2021 | ||
| Hubble | Mark Hiben | Spring 2022 | 2018 | |
| Hubble | Michael Mowell | 2017 | ||
| Hubble | Patrick Bresnahan | Fall 2018, Spring 2018 | ||
| Hubble | RaeEllen Webster | Spring 2019 | ||
| Hubble | Sarah Menich | Fall 2019 | 2019 | |
| Jefferson | Debra Denniger | Spring 2018 | ||
| Jefferson | Kris Stoffels | Fall 2015 | ||
| Jefferson | Krista Petrilli | Fall 2015 | ||
| Jefferson | Mary Iffert | Spring 2016 | ||
| Jefferson | Stephanie Zentner | Fall 2017 | ||
| Johnson | Deborah Earnst | Spring 2016 | ||
| Johnson | Disa Messina (Loizzo) | Spring 2017 | ||
| Johnson | Gail LoBue | Fall 2018 | 2017 | |
| Johnson | Jessica Novakowski | Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016 | FAC | |
| Johnson | Katie Gabor | Spring 2021 | ||
| Johnson | Lauren Strickland | 2017 | ||
| Johnson | Liana Waldron | Spring 2016 | ||
| Johnson | Nina Gianfrancesco | Spring 2017 | ||
| Johnson | Tracy Jeffrey | Fall 2019 | ||
| Lincoln | Brittany Reid | Fall 2018 | ||
| Lincoln | Candace Hsu | Fall 2021 | ||
| Lincoln | Ellen Therens | FAC | ||
| Lincoln | Joanna Wsol | 2018 | ||
| Lincoln | Kelly Giacolo | Fall 2018 | ||
| Lincoln | Lauren Lichtenberg | Spring 2020 | ||
| Lincoln | Nicole Kappelman | 2017 | ||
| Lincoln | Sarah Peterson | Fall 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 | ||
| Lincoln | Stephanie Korntheuer | Fall 2021 | ||
| Longfellow | Barbara Anderson | Spring 2016 | ||
| Longfellow | Deborah Houlihan | Fall 2017 | ||
| Longfellow | Jenna Riordan (now Fitzwater) | 2018 | ||
| Longfellow | Katherine Ekstrand | Fall 2017, Fall 2015 | ||
| Longfellow | Nancy Nicholson | Fall 2015 | ||
| Longfellow | Rebecca Huff | Spring 2017 | ||
| Longfellow | Taryn Parise | Fall 2015 | ||
| Lowell | Anne Marie McDonald | Fall 2016 | ||
| Lowell | Brooke Thurston | Spring 2021 | ||
| Lowell | Kelly Woods | Spring 2019, Fall 2015 | ||
| Lowell | Laura Baumann | Spring 2018 | ||
| Lowell | Mary Carlson | Spring 2016 | ||
| Lowell | Ramona Toner | 2022 | ||
| Madison | Aditi Acharya | Spring 2017 | ||
| Madison | Erin Barnham | Fall 2015 (Longfellow) | ||
| Madison | Jamie Beal | FAC | ||
| Madison | Jessica Kleinpaste | Spring 2022 | ||
| Madison | Jordan Yi | Spring 2020 | ||
| Madison | Laura Aguilar | FAC | ||
| Madison | Tom Grace | Spring 2016 | ||
| Madison | Lisa Feeley | 2019 | ||
| Monroe | Becky Rauen | FAC | ||
| Monroe | Dawn Radford | 2018 | ||
| Monroe | Jeff Novak | 2019 | ||
| Monroe | Julie Michalak | 2021 | ||
| Monroe | Katelyn Polizzi | Spring 2018 | ||
| Monroe | Kimberly Minarich | 2018 | ||
| Monroe | Kristine Sierakowski | 2018, 2017, 2016 | ||
| Monroe | Lee Prior | 2020 | ||
| Monroe | Lucia Baker | FAC | ||
| Monroe | Meg Bohr | 2018 | ||
| Monroe | Michelle O’Rourke | 2018 | ||
| Monroe | Sara Aghazadeh | Fall 2021 | ||
| Monroe | Scot Hansen | 2022 | ||
| Monroe | Tammy Scioli | FAC | ||
| Multiple | Megan Gitter | Spring 2021 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Annie Murray | Fall 2021 | 2020 | |
| Pleasant Hill | Betsy Prange | Fall 2016 | 2019 | 2019 |
| Pleasant Hill | Deborah Vernetti | Spring 2019 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Elizabeth Berringer | Spring 2022 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Estefany Rozo Olaya | Spring 2020 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Jennifer Rath | Fall 2019 | 2021 | |
| Pleasant Hill | Juliana Nielsen | Spring 2021 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Kathleen Morgan | Fall 2021 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Laura Bellanca | 2021 (Virtual Academy) | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Mary Collins | Spring 2016 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Melissa Sender | Fall 2015 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Renee Klopfenstein | Spring 2021 | ||
| Pleasant Hill | Stephen Slates | Fall 2016 | ||
| Sandburg | Becky Misulonas | Spring 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2022 | FAC | |
| Sandburg | Lynn Foerstel | Spring 16 | ||
| Sandburg | Maria Georganas | Fall 2016 | ||
| Sandburg | Terri Garwood | 2022 | ||
| Sandburg | Theresa Rindt | Fall 2021, Spring 2016 | ||
| Transition | Deborah Thomas | Fall 2017 | ||
| Washington | Amy Kovarik | Fall 2017 | ||
| Washington | Angela Sheppard | Spring 2021 | ||
| Washington | Cara Switalski | FAC | ||
| Washington | Don Casper | Spring 2017 | ||
| Washington | Jennifer Coover | 2018 | ||
| Washington | Krista Lipnisky | Spring 2017, Fall 2015 | ||
| Washington | Krystn Weisheit | Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2017 | ||
| Washington | Lauren Hrunek | Fall 2019 | 2021 | |
| Washington | Mary Schlick | Spring 2016 | ||
| WNHS | Allie Ravanesi | Fall 2019 | ||
| WNHS | Colin Murphy | Spring 2017 | ||
| WNHS | Colleen Wiegman | Fall 2021 | ||
| WNHS | Danielle Wennmaker | Spring 2022 | ||
| WNHS | Ellen Murphy | Spring 2017 | ||
| WNHS | Erin Moodie | 2021 | ||
| WNHS | Gianna Costa | 2015 | ||
| WNHS | Hayley Lotspeich | Fall 2019 | ||
| WNHS | Heather Gosling | Spring 2019 | ||
| WNHS | John Noe IV | 2018 | ||
| WNHS | JT Johns | 2022 | ||
| WNHS | Kevin Formanski | 2018 | ||
| WNHS | Kirsten Anderson | Fall 2018, Spring 2016 (Johnson) | ||
| WNHS | Kyle Padera | 2020 | ||
| WNHS | Laura Scott | FAC | ||
| WNHS | Lisa Schmalz | 2022 | ||
| WNHS | Mehret Asgedom | Spring 2020 (Franklin) | ||
| WNHS | Michael Neuhaus | 2018 | ||
| WNHS | Michelle Neibch | 2017 | ||
| WNHS | Robert Griegoliet | Fall 2017 | 2016 | |
| WNHS | Jamie Puorto | 2017 | ||
| WWSHS | David Cho | 2019 | ||
| WWSHS | Dr. Craig Lawrence | 2018 | ||
| WWSHS | Jacqueline Vasquez | Fall 2021 | ||
| WWSHS | James Brennan | Fall 2019 | ||
| WWSHS | James Claud | 2017 | ||
| WWSHS | James Fazio | Spring 2021 | ||
| WWSHS | Joanne Wegscheid | 2016 | ||
| WWSHS | Mackenzie Grattan | 2022 | ||
| WWSHS | Malinda Holmer | Spring 2021 | 2018 | |
| WWSHS | Matthew Scheffler | Fall 2015 | ||
| WWSHS | Philip Culcasi | Fall 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Fall 2015 | ||
| WWSHS | Richard Burrell | 2020 | ||
| WWSHS | Robert Munro | Spring 2017 | ||
| WWSHS | Sean Norris | Spring 2016 | ||
| Whittier | Anna Sanan | Spring 2022 | ||
| Whittier | Barbara Hoskins | Spring 2018 | ||
| Whittier | Barbara McPherson | Fall 2015 | ||
| Whittier | Bethany Trapp | 2021 | ||
| Whittier | Christine Vance | Spring 2020, FY2016 | ||
| Whittier | Cynthia May | FY2016 | ||
| Whittier | Jill Lang | Spring 2020, Spring 2016 (Johnson) | ||
| Whittier | Kaitlin Snow | Fall 2016 | ||
| Whittier | Kaylene Eschbach | Spring 2020 | ||
| Whittier | Kim Kane | Fall 2019 | ||
| Whittier | Kimberly Kern | 2021 | ||
| Whittier | Lindsey Dantino | Fall 2021 | ||
| Whittier | Margaret Moore | Spring 2017 | ||
| Whittier | Megan Bostrom | Fall 2015 | 2015 | |
| Whittier | Sara Garner | Fall 2018, Spring 2016 | 2021 | |
| Wiesbrook | Barbara Hoskins | Spring 2018 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Breanna Mogk | 2021 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Lisa Zink | 2 Fall 2021, Spring 2016 (Whittier) | ||
| Wiesbrook | Matt Sutton | Spring 2020, Spring 2019 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Megan McNamara | 2016 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Robyn Beres | Spring 2022 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Sharon Siciak | Fall 2016 | ||
| Wiesbrook | Taylor Wilson | FAC | ||
| Wiesbrook | Todd Jones | 2016 |