Wheaton Warrenville South High School science teacher Phil Culcasi was stunned as he walked into the school gymnasium to see the entire staff and student body gathered to celebrate the Golden Apple he was awarded Friday in Wheaton.
Palatine principal receives Golden Apple award as state s top school leader
Principal Martin Da Costa of Winston Campus Junior High School in Palatine greets his students Wednesday during a surprise celebration after he was presented with the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Martin Da Costa, principal of Winston Campus Junior High School in Palatine, is surrounded by his students, some holding signs reading We re Proud of You, after he received the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership during a surprise ceremony at the school Wednesday. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Martin Da Costa is overcome with emotion Wednesday as he is presented with the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership by Alan Mather, president of the Golden Apple. Da Costa is principal of Winston Campus Junior High School in Palatine.
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An Alton music teacher got a welcome surprise Monday morning when he learned he’s the winner of the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. Zebulon Holder walked into his music class in the Lovejoy Elementary School gym and was greeted by fellow educators and students waving signs and pom-poms. He’s one of only 10 teachers in Illinois to earn the award, out of 708 nominations of pre-kindergarten to third-grade teachers.
Holder, in his second year of teaching at Lovejoy, tells the Big Z what the award means to him.
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Willard Elementary School kindergarten teacher Meghan Rice, of Highland Park, has taught in Evanston/Skokie School District 65 for the past four years. (Kathy Atkins/via Golden Apple Foundation)
EVANSTON, IL A kindergarten teacher at Willard Elementary School was named a finalist for the 2021 Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching.
Meghan Rice, who has taught in Evanston/Skokie School District 65 for the past four years, was selected last month as one of 32 finalists out of more than 700 nominations for the prestigious award, a record in its 35-year history.
This year, the award for educators will be given to teachers at the pre-kindergarten to third grade level. Last year, the award went to fourth through eighth grade teachers, and next year it will rotate back to the high school level.