WINONA LAKE - Grace College announced the recipients of its "Outstanding Prospective Teacher of the Year Awards" for the 2006-07 school year.
Recipient of the award for the elementary level was Betsy Williams, daughter of Mark and Faith Williams, Wadsworth, Ohio. She did her student teaching at Jefferson Elementary School under the supervision of Pamela Shipley.Winning the award for the secondary school level was Joshua Wood, son of Mark and Judy Wood, Lake in the Hills, Ill. He student taught at Tippecanoe Valley High School under the supervision of Kristopher Walker.
Jillian Sosnovik, daughter of Clyde and Rita Sosnovik, Blairstown, N.J., won the award for all-grade teaching. Sosnovik student taught at Whitko High and Middle schools under the direction of Dawn Hinthorn, and Lincoln and Harrison elementary schools under the supervision of Bob Dillon.
All three students plan to graduate from Grace College in May.
Seven students received honorable mention as outstanding prospective teachers.
For the elementary level: Lauren Moore, daughter of Jack and Anna Seitzinger, Gahanna, Ohio, and Bruce and Debbie Moore, Blacklick, Ohio, who student taught at Warsaw Christian School under Donna Miller, Eisenhower Elementary School under Sue Mock, and Edgewood Middle School under Maria Demopoulos; Tori Tosch, daughter of Pat and Larry Tosch of Warsaw, who student taught at Madison Elementary under Max Ketrow; and Kelly Hoerr, daughter of Bill and Cherie Hoerr, Ephrata, Pa., who student taught at Mentone Elementary School under Staci Revere and at Amazon Valley Academy under Jeanne Allen. Hoerr also was named the recipient of the Indiana Reading Professors' Outstanding Future Reading Teacher Award by the Indiana Reading Professors, an affiliate of the Indiana State Reading Association.
Receiving honorable mention as outstanding prospective secondary teachers were Tim Devlin and Goeff Walmer. Devlin, son of Dennis and Mary Devlin, Johnstown, Pa., student taught at Warsaw Community High School under the supervision of David Hoffert. Walmer, son of Jim and Carolyn Walmer, Warsaw, student taught at WCHS under Douglas T. Ogle.
Honorable mention for outstanding prospective all-grade teachers was awarded to Stephanie DeRenzo and Janelle Rhoades. DeRenzo, the daughter of Paul and Donna DeRenzo, Winona Lake, student taught at Syracuse Elementary under Sue Ganshorn and Wawasee Middle School under John Blunk. Rhoades, wife of Nathan Rhoades, Pierceton, and daughter of Rex Keirn, Warsaw, and Cindy Herr, North Vernon, student taught at Edgewood Middle School under Graham Clark and Harrison Elementary School under Scott Mehlberg.
