This article was originally published in The Notebook. In August 2020, The Notebook became Chalkbeat Philadelphia.
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week, and on Tuesday, 58 Philadelphia teachers, one from each District high school, will receive the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation’s Distinguished Teaching Award.
The honorees will join Superintendent William Hite, School Reform Commission Chair Marjorie Neff, Mayor Kenney, and Lindback Foundation trustees Sheldon M. Bonovitz, David E. Loder, and Reginald J. Middleton, and others for the celebration. The event will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Prince Music Theater.
This marks the ninth annual presentation of the award. Winners were nominated by their colleagues and students, and endorsed by their principals. Each honoree will receive a $3,500 prize.
In April, the Lindback Foundation honored seven principals for their contributions to students, faculty, and staff members.
Here are this year’s recipients and their respective schools:
| School | Teacher |
|---|---|
| A. Philip Randolph Career and Technical High School | Brian McCracken |
| Abraham Lincoln High School | Erica Swift |
| Academy at Palumbo | Mary Wang |
| Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush | Sunny Bavaro |
| Benjamin Franklin High School | Jennifer Barry |
| Building 21 | Thomas Emerson |
| Central High School | Kenneth Hung |
| Constitution High School | George Davis Greene |
| Frankford High School | Katherine Cappetta |
| Franklin Learning Center | Michelle Frank |
| George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science | Dr. Amitabha Basu |
| George Washington High School | Jeanne Carroll |
| Girard Academic Music Program | Jared Ruddick |
| High School of the Future | Brett Zaba |
| Hill-Freedman High School | Tara Ann Carter |
| Horace H. Furness High School | Valerie Nelsen |
| John Bartram High School | Robert Thomas |
| Jules E. Mastbaum Technical High School | Angelo Forgione |
| Julia R. Masterman High School | Elizabeth Taylor |
| Kensington High School for the Creative and Performing Arts | Joseph Parker |
| Kensington Health Sciences Academy | Luci Bower |
| Kensington International School of Business, Finance & Entrepreneurship | Catherine Cloak |
| Kensington Urban Education Academy | Mona Bradwell |
| Lankenau High School | Herbert Scoll |
| Martin Luther King High School | Valarie Richardson |
| Motivation High School | Amish Shah |
| Murrell Dobbins Career and Technical Education High School | John McGlaughlin |
| Northeast High School | Elana Friedman-Lope |
| Overbrook High School | Joanna Betts |
| Parkway Center City High School | Leo Mullen |
| Parkway Northwest High School | Amanda McCaw |
| Parkway West High School | Arlene Capers |
| Paul Robeson High School for Human Services | Matthew Beyerle |
| Penn Treaty High School | Lorraine Fortino |
| Pennypack House School | Hassania Moody |
| Philadelphia High School for Girls | Louis Austin |
| Philadelphia Juvenile Justice Services Center | Andrew LeCompte |
| Philadelphia Learning Academy North | Rosalind Williams |
| Philadelphia Learning Academy South | Winnie Kwan |
| Philadelphia Military Academy | Daniel McMonagle |
| Philadelphia Virtual Academy | Dean Brad Layman |
| Roxborough High School | Kate Verica |
| Samuel S. Fels High School | Edward Mullen |
| Science Leadership Academy | Douglas Herman |
| Science Leadership Academy at Beeber | Sarah Landman |
| South Philadelphia High School | Denise Powell |
| Strawberry Mansion High School | Keith Westbrook |
| Swenson Arts and Technology High School | Julie Ann Woodlin |
| The Linc | Justin Deutsch |
| The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts | Jennifer Kramny |
| The U School | Charles McGeehan |
| The Workshop School | Katrina Clark |
| Thomas Alva Edison High School | Christie Parfitt |
| Walter Biddle Saul High School of Agricultural Science | Joseph Mbura |
| West Philadelphia High School | Sharlynne Cloud |
| Widener Memorial School | Maria Rogers |
| William L. Sayre High School | Ebony Lynn Hollingsworth |
| William W. Bodine High School for International Affairs | Melanie Keiper |