The Greater Catonsville Chamber of Commerce will host their inaugural "Outstanding Teacher Awards" event to be held at the Community College of Baltimore County Catonsville Campus (CCBC), on Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. 

We thank our Teacher Awards sponsors: Platinum Sponsor - CCBC Catonsville; Gold Sponsors: Huntington Learning Center, Team 12 A Senator Kasemeyer, Delegate DeBoy, Delegate Malone; Silver Sponsors: Coldwell Banker Catonsville; McDonald's, Patient First, and Catonsville Patch.

We are calling on Catonsville businesses and the community to stand with the Chamber in recognizing excellence in the teachers, individuals and organizations that have had an outstanding impact on education in our community.

Help us honor these individuals and groups by purchasing a ticket to the event. Tickets are available for purchase online at the chamber’s website or by calling the chamber office, 410-719-9609.

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For the first year hosting such an event, the Chamber was pleased with the response received from our area schools and the community and hopes many more schools will participate next year. Community members and business leaders who were on the committee to organize this event were amazed to read about the fantastic work of Catonsville’s teachers and are excited to recognize their many accomplishments.

The following teachers were nominated and one teacher from each participating school has been chosen as a finalist. It is from this finalist list that on May 31st the winners of the Outstanding Teacher Award for Elementary, Middle and High School will be recognized. Also chosen were finalists for the Teams That Make a Difference Award and the Distinguished Service Award.

Here are the nominees:

Award nominees for Elementary Schools are:

From Catonsville
MaryMcGowan (Finalist)
Bridget Mohler
Jenna Schaffer

From Hillcrest
Kate Jaudon (Finalist)
Tania Myers
Debra Sugarman
Kristina Toth

From Westchester
Mary Beth Allen
Kathy Geraghty (Finalist)

From St. Mark School
Beverly Grier-Lucius
Marilyn Holzman (Finalist)

From Our Lady of Victory School
Joanna Buivys (Finalist)

Award nominees for Middle School are:

From St. Agnes Catholic School
Phuong Vu (Finalist)

Award nominees for High School are:

From Catonsville High
Graham Long (Finalist)

From Western School of Technology 
Kim Bickerstaff (Finalist)

Teams That Make A Difference Award:

From St. Mark School
4th Grade Team of 
Gerry Fromm and Melissa Fosnaught (Finalist)

Distinguished Service Award:

From Catonsville High School
Andrea German (Finalist)

Nominated by Huntington Learning Center
The Rotary Club of Catonsville (Finalist)