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SACU brings our own "Oscars" to schools in San Antonio
SACU concludes 9th year of bringing the "Oscars" to San Antonio area teachers
With a banquet to honor all 19 of the 2007-2008 ExCEL winners, SACU and KENS TV brought another successful year of honoring excellence in public education to a close. The program will resume in September 2008, to honor teachers from area school districts, during the 10th year of ExCEL!
Since 1999, SACU and its partner, KENS TV 5, have brought the Oscars to San Antonio and helped teachers walk their own red carpet in special school assembly programs. SACU and KENS TV have honored 171 public school teachers in the Greater San Antonio area with a Golden Apple trophy, manufactured by the company that makes the Oscars trophy for the Academy Awards, and a check for $1,000.
An SACU representative presents each teacher with a check during a program at his or her school, with KENS Anchor Deborah Knapp presenting the golden apple and officiating at the ceremony. That same week KENS TV airs a special feature on Thursday with video of the teacher, the students and the school, focusing on what is going RIGHT in our schools every day! SACU posts bios and photos of each winner in all their branches in San Antonio.
Watch for the programs which air on Eyewitness News at 6 PM, beginning in September and continuing approximately every two weeks through April of each school year. If you would like to honor YOUR favorite teacher, please contact the school's principal or the district superintendent's office to make your recommendation.
2007-08 ExCEL Winners (L to R): Elizabeth Lopez (Northside ISD), Suzanne Arevalo (Alamo Heights ISD), Sarah Erickson (North East ISD), Ana Weissling (Boerne ISD), Sally Rihn (Medina Valley ISD), Elizabeth Stewart (Harlandale ISD), Douglas Poludniak (Lackland ISD), Julia Battle (Judson ISD), Maggie Salas (San Antonio ISD), Gloria Schuetze (Edgewood ISD), Lori Rivera Fuller (Fort Sam Houston ISD), Simone Bailey (Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD), Christy White (Randolph Field ISD), Celia Barragan (Comal ISD), Robert Boucher (Southwest ISD), Lisa Hernandez (Somerset ISD), Kendra Blackmon (Southside ISD), Fernando Flores (South San Antonio ISD) and Helen Zinner (East Central ISD).
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2006-2007 ExCEL Winners(L to R) SACU-KENS 5 ExCEL teachers honored for excellence in public school education are Suzy Dudich, Janet Sheppard, Nancy Tom, Heather Sanders, Lisa Riojas, Susana Rodriguez, Susan Wieser, Dale Herchman, Krista Kuwamura, Mary Friday, Melinda Biehl, Debbie McCullough, Dwight McHazlett, Daniel Guzman, Stephanie Daniel, Arazeli Granados, Rebecca Toolan, Wendy Trent and Joanne Billingsley.
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 2005-2006 ExCEL Winners (L-R): Kathleen Reid (Edgewood ISD), Miriam Diaz (Southside ISD), Rosie Cantu (Northside ISD), Madaline Sherrill (Medina Valley ISD),
Douglass Smith (Fort Sam ISD), Deb Pannabecker (Randolph Field ISD), Millicent Marcha (South San Antonio ISD), Gary Madden (Lackland ISD), Gracie Jimenez (Judson ISD), Henry Hill (Somerset ISD), Stephanie Brown (Harlandale ISD), Michele Richardson (Schertz-Cibolo-UCity ISD), JoAnn Diaz ( San Antonio ISD), Laura Lopez (Southwest ISD), Deborah Geng (Comal ISD), Patty Matthews (Alamo Heights ISD), Marguerite Lowak (East Central ISD), Susan Bolton (Boerne ISD); Not Shown:
Susan Stanford (North East ISD)
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