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NSTOY-PA Apple Award
The NSTOY-PA Apple Award program is intended to recognize teachers outside of the NSTOY-PA organization for their teaching excellence. Any active NSTOY-PA member can recommend a colleague by completing an Apple Award Recommendation Form. The NSTOY-PA Apple Award is meant to give a “pat on the back” to colleagues who make a difference in the lives of their students, school districts, and community. NSTOY-PA wants to recognize teachers who are not currently members of the organization by awarding them a certificate of appreciation. NSTOY-PA will also recognize Apple Award recipients with a letter to their superintendent and listing their names in the NSTOY-PA newsletter.
If you are a current NSTOY-PA member and would like to nominate a teacher, please take a moment and do so here.
The Hilda Menke Sundermann Award honors the education legacy of one of NSTOY-PA’s distinguished members who was an elementary teacher in the Pittsburgh city schools. Several of Hilda’s NSTOY-PA colleagues and her husband Hank Sundermann initiated the award that bears her name after her passing. A selection committee of NSTOY-PA members that includes the NSTOY-PA Awards/Recognition Chair and a handful of volunteer NSTOY-PA members give thoughtful consideration in the selection of the annual recipient of the Hilda M. Sundermann Award. Candidates for the Hilda M. Sundermann Award are considered from all of the Elementary Certified teachers honored with NSTOY-PA Apple Awards during the school year. The teacher named to receive the one-time stipend/grant award for their classroom or startup project must embody the same spirit and love of teaching elementary children that characterized Hilda’s remarkable career. H.M.S. Awardees are invited to meet the NSTOY-PA membership at the annual December NSTOY-PA Business meeting and the Sunday dinner that follows.
Hilda M, Sundermann Award Recipients
2023 Michelle Flaherty
2022 Brent Killen
2021 Katie Johnson
2020 Dee Miller
2019 Rose DeGregorio
2018 Kaitlin Heine
2017 Kris McGaw
2016 Zachery Evans
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