Educator
Crystal Retzlaff Agriculture Educator and FFA Advisor Oconto Falls High School Oconto Falls, Wisconsin The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and the American Farm Bureau Federation are honored to have awarded the achievements of the 2010 $10,000 Agriscience Educator’s Award Columbus Scholar. Crystal Retzlaff was born in New London, Wisconsin, and was raised on a 150 daily […]
Byron L. Ernest Department Head for Agriculture and FFA Lebanon Community School Corporation Lebanon, Indiana The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and the American Farm Bureau Federation are honored to have awarded the achievements of the 2010 $10,000 Agriscience Educator’s Award Columbus Scholar. Byron L. Ernest was recruited to start Lebanon’s Agriculture Department which now, in its […]
Michelle Bagley Biology Teacher Centennial High School Ellicott City, Maryland Michelle has been an educator for 30 years teaching biology and research, a passion she developed doing science fair projects during her own school years. Michelle has written curriculum for the county and the National Association of Biology Teachers and has made numerous presentations for […]
Derrick C. Wood Chemistry Teacher Conestoga High School Berwyn, Pennsylvania Teaching at Conestoga High School since 2004, Derrick instills the same passion for Chemistry that he experiences – by showing his students that Chemistry is not an exercise in futility, but is extremely relevant to their lives. He authored Case-Studies for his High School Chemistry […]
Ryan Templeton Biology Teacher Mathematics and Science High School at Clover Hill Midlothian, Virginia Byron L. Ernest was recruited to start Lebanon’s Agriculture Department which now, in its 7th year, has four teachers and an enrollment of 584 students grades 8-12, the largest in Indiana. The flagship of courses of the program, taught by Ernest, […]
Beenu Gupta Biology Teacher The Charter School of Wilmington Wilmington, Delaware Since 1996, Beenu Gupta has taught AP and Honors Biology at The Charter School of Wilmington in Delaware. The Charter School is a college preparatory high school with a focus on mathematics and science, and was ranked 41st in the 2008 issue of U.S. News […]
Alan Bronstein Central High School Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The recipient of the Tenth Annual Freida J. Riley Teacher Award is Alan Bronstein, Chemistry teacher at Central High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The award is sponsored by the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation in partnership with the West Virginia Freida J. Riley Teacher Award Committee, Harrison County, West […]
Paul Cammer, Ph.D. Director, Neurobiology Research Laboratory Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Alexandria, Virginia In 2007 Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ) in Fairfax County, Virginia, was ranked as the number one school in the Nation by U.S. News and World Report. This distinction is due in large part, […]
Teresa E. Loving S.O.A.R. Academy Spartanburg, South Carolina Teresa E. Loving is a special education teacher and founder of S.O.A.R. Academy in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The award is sponsored by the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation, in cooperation with the YWCA of Harrison County, West Virginia. Teresa grew up struggling in school as the result of […]
Joanne B. Tindall W.F. Tallman School Nashville, Tennessee The recipient of the eighth annual Freida J. Riley Teacher Award is Joanne B. Tindall, a teaching principal at the W.F. Tallman School, Nashville Transition Center, for the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, Nashville, Tennessee. The award is sponsored by the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation. The award […]
