TPS Teachers Hall of Fame
Featured Teacher
The following teachers have been selected as a featured teacher in the TPS monthly newsletter. These teachers have been selected as an example of best practice use the Library of Congress online primary sources in their classroom.
April 2007
Debbie Marshalek
Bentworth School District
Trinity School District
March 2007
Judith Totty
Washington High School
Washington School District
February 2007
Diane Scrip
California Area Middle School
California Area School District
January 2007
Cathy Hayden
Charleroi Area Elementary Center
Charleroi School District
November 2006
Teresa M. Kurth
Cox-Donahey Elementary School
Brownsville Area School District
October 2006
Sharon Zunic
Madonna Regional Catholic School
Voices at Whisper Bend by Kathryn Ayres
September 2006
Constance L. Trelka
Washington High School
Washington Area School District
Honorable Mentions
Teachers who have completed at least 15 hours of TPS training and have created a lesson which includes analyzing primary source materials from the Library of Congress online resources.
Joyce Mason, Canon-McMillan High School
Grandma, what did you do in the war?
Kim Sheehan, Brownsville
Benjamin Frankiln ... In His Own Words
Ginger D'Amico
A Spanish Village
Kevin Kelly
Gold Rush
Michelle Izzi
Advertising Trends
Chuck Null
Advances in the Assembly Line
Bloom, Barno, Kovach
The Birthplace of Lincoln
TPS Graduates
Teachers who have completed at least 15 hours of basic TPS training.
- Giovanelli, Sheryl - 3rd Grade
- Harris, Mary Jo - Kindergarten
- Kubincanek, Danielle - 4th Grade
- McConnell, Helen - Librarian
- Poplarchik, Emilie - 5th Grade
Belle Vernon Area School District
- Cunningham, Joyce - 6th - 7th - 8th Grade
- Fafalios, Sylvia - 1st Grade
- Hawkins, Lynne - 6th and 7th Grade
- Kalvesmaki, Patti Jo - 4th Grade
- Manack, Carol - 4th Grade
- Susick, Marianne - 3rd Grade
- Tola, Tim - 5th Grade
- Vandermer, Barbara - 11th Grade
- Areford, John -- High School Government/Economics/Psychology
- Foster, Charlee -- Substitute
- Marshalek, Debra -- Substitute
- Wagner, Beth Ann -- Substitute
- Watkins, Ted -- Communications
Brownsville Area School District
- Barno, Cheryl A. -- 2nd Grade
- Batovsky, Mark -- 6th Grade Math
- Bloom, Veronica -- 3rd Grade
- Charlton, Kathleen -- 2nd Grade
- D'Amico, Ginger -- High School Spanish
- Davis, Martha -- Elementary Librarian
- Duke, Rosann -- 3rd Grade
- Gates, Charmagne -- 3rd Grade
- Gera, Barbara -- 1st Grade
- Hartmann, Lynne -- High School Social Studies
- Izzi, Michelle -- High School Math
- Kaminsky, Patricia -- 3rd Grade
- Karol, Linda -- High School Language Arts
- Karwatske, Bill -- High School Social Studies
- Kelly, Kevin -- 6th Grade Math
- Klamerus, Marlene -- Special Education
- Knisley, Patty -- Middle School
- Kordella, David -- Elementary School
- Kovach, Valarie -- 2nd Grade
- Kurth, Teresa -- Middle School
- Luckey, Fred -- High School Social Studies
- Magazine, Suzanne -- 3rd Grade
- Miner, Brad -- High School Social Studies
- Null, Charles -- Middle School Tech. Ed.
- Reed, Lynne -- Gifted
- Roebuck, Scott -- High School Social Studies
- Rohrer, Lori -- High School Language Arts
- Sheehan, Kim -- 3rd Grade
- Sich, Gloria -- Middle School
- Stagon, JoAnne -- 6th Grade
- Thompson, Nancy -- 2nd Grade
- Tunney, Glenn -- High School Social Studies
- Williams, Tammie -- High School Math
California Area School District
- Antonucci, Bernadette -- 4th Grade Science & Math
- Dillow, Darrin -- 8th Grade Social Studies
- Drupp, Terry L. -- P.E. & Health
- Hormell, Don -- 7th Grade Social Studies
- Kannalis, Joshua -- High School History
- Loomis, Matt -- High School History
- Scrip, Diane -- 6th Grade Social Studies
- Thomas, Chris -- Substitute/Art
- Tyapic, Janet -- High School Social Studies
Canon-McMillan School District
- Humbertson, Susan -- 10th Grade English
- Lowden, April -- 10th Grade English
- Mason, Joyce -- High School Librarian
Charleroi Area School District
- Arnowitz, Colleen - 4th and 5th Grade
- Dalfonso, Brianne - 2nd Grade
- Ewedosh, Jennifer - 3rd Grade
- Gilmore, Kimberly - 2nd Grade
- Alderson, Andrea -- Kindergarten
- Blitz, Christine -- Middle School Social Studies
- Bonner, Anna Marie -- Computers
- Bruno, Joyce -- Middle School Language Arts
- Diehl, Vaughn -- 4th Grade
- Elliott, Carol -- 5th Grade
- Gerchow, Bernie -- Librarian & English
- Hirst, Susan -- Spanish
- Hone, Lauren -- 3rd Grade
- Myzak, Karen -- Middle School Math & Reading
- Nickler, Maria -- 1st Grade
- Papson, Rebecca -- Middle School Science
- Vogini, Catherine -- 5th Grade
Madonna Regional Catholic School
- Cioccio, Judy -- 3rd Grade
- Greco, Rose -- 6th - 8th Grade
- Zunic, Sharon -- 5th Grade
- Fusina, Gerri -- 4th Grade
- Edwards, Sherwood - Hight School
- Edwards, Mary - Junior High School
- Callaway, Bill -- High School History
- Fetchen, Linda -- High School Gifted
- Graney, Terri -- Kindergarten
- Hanna, George -- 8th Grade Social Studies
- Johnson, James -- High School Librarian
- Kish, Helen -- 6th Grade Literature
- Lusk, Elizabeth -- 2nd Grade
- Phillips, Sara -- Middle School Gifted
- Pustelak, Donna -- Middle School Librarian
- Rostosky-Woods, Nancy -- High School Special Education
- Rullo, Maryann -- Elementary Computer Science
- Scheiber, Denise -- 4th Grade Social Studies
- Sickels, Harry -- 9th Grade Science
- White, Tami -- 3rd Grade
- Dellovade, Mary Ann -- 2nd Grade
- DiFalco, Helen -- Kindergarten
- Duval, Jennifer -- 1st Grade
- Jennings, Dolores -- 4th - 8th Grade
- Mozina, Stanley -- Principal
- Smeyers, Kelly -- Kindergarten
- Zinn, Mary Ellen -- 4th Grade
Uniontown Area School District
- Durant, JoAnne - Elementary
- Gamon, Johnathan - 6th to 12th Grade
- Grego, Julie - Elementary
- Sabatula, Christa - K-6th Grade (Librarian)
- Craig, Sandra S. -- High School English
- Gilpin, Tracey -- 4th Grade
- Kelly, Lorraine -- 5th Grade
- Smith, Sandy -- Substitute
- Totty, Judith -- High School English
- Trelka, Constance L. -- High School Social Studies