Past Award Winners
2016 OMLA Awards
Educator of the Year:
Nancy Wanyerka, Cuyahoga Heights Middle School
Team of the Year:
Shiloh Middle School: Joanie Gedeon, Michelle Giles, Christopher Keating, Jena Patton, Megan'OHara, Principal Nicola Discenza
Interdisciplinary Curriculum
Hastings Middle School
Teaming
Hudson Middle School
Scheduling:
Teays Valley West Middle School
Southeast Regional Award:
Best Middle Level Practice: Kathy Finley-Boggs, Marietta Middle School
Outstanding Middle Level Program: Diane Downard, University of Rio Grande
Outstanding Middle Level Program: Makena Miller, New Lexington Middle School
Southwest Regional Award:
Best Middle Level Practice in Math: Steve France, Kings Junior High School
Best Middle Level Practice in Science: Heidi Strong, Kings Junior High School
Student Advocacy: Gretchen Tash, Princeton Community Middle School
West Regional Award:
Best Middle Level Practice: Parkway Middle School Staff
Best Middle Level Practice: Morton Middle Level School PBIS Committee
Best Instructional Practices: Angela McMurray, Darke County ESC
Northeast Regional Award:
Best Middle Level Practice in Math: Allison Golem, Mayfield Middle School
Best Middle Level Practice: Meredith Stanton, North Royalton Middle School
Community Engagement: Wadsworth Middle School
North Central Regional Award:
Student Advocacy: Olmsted Falls Middle School
Student Advocacy: Stephanie Coultrip
Student and Staff Spirit and Advocacy: Bridget Bellamy and Brittany Cioffoletti
Northwest Regional Award:
Interdisciplinary Project: Bluffton Middle School
Community Engagement: Van Buren Middle School 8th Grade Team
Student Advocacy: Definace Middle School
East Regional Award:
Middle Level Advocacy: Mandy Gardinsky, Perry Local Schools
Community Engagement: Tusky Valley Intermediate School
Best Middle Level Practice: Debbie Metzger, Indian Valley Middle School
Central Regional Award:
Best Middle Level Practice: Grant Middle School
Student Advocacy: Phoenix Middle School
Student Advisory and Mentoring: Jones Middle School
Female Student of the Year:
Kamryn Ohly - Briar Middle School
Male Student of the Year:
Dane DiGeronimo - Hudson Middle School
2015 OMLA Awards
Educator of the Year:
Wendy Fragasse, School Counselor; Edison Middle School; Perry Local Schools
Team of the Year:
Team Hele (Kerry Rutigliano, Matt Lubin, Joey Catullo, Allison Golem, Sue DeMello), Mayfield Middle School; Mayfield City Schools
Collaboration Component Award:
Hilliard Weaver Middle School
Scheduling Component Award:
Bunsold Middle School
Interdisciplinary Curriculum Component Award:
New Albany Middle School
Southeast Regional Award:
Kathleen Cunningham, New Lexington Middle School
Southeast Regional Award:
Sarah Luthy, Stephanie Snyder, Stacey Porter, and Chrissy Sharp, Trimble Middle School
Southeast Regional Award:
Tabitha Mosley, Univeristy of Rio Grande
Southwest Regional Award:
Eric Rothwell, Delshire Elementary School
Southwest Regional Award:
Holly Mueller, Columbia Intermediate School
Southwest Regional Award:
Marni Durham, Princeton Community Middle School
West Regional Award:
David Herick, Bell Creek Intermediate School
West Regional Award:
Roger Bullard, Fairborn Intermediate School
West Regional Award:
Laura Jackson & Kelly Leganik, Troy Junior High School
West Regional Award:
Lindsey Schenck, Meredith Parris, Karl Ratermann, & Brian Rasey, Troy Junior High School
Northeast Regional Award:
James Trogdan, Coventry Middle School
Northeast Regional Award:
Michelle Studier, Cuyahoga Heights Middle School
Northeast Regional Award:
Hudson Middle School, Hudson City Schools
Northeast Regional Award:
Rick Fierer & Joe Durny, Independence Middle School
Northeast Regional Award:
Kevin Aurand, Norton Middle School
Northeast Regional Award:
Rocky River Middle School
North Central Regional Award:
Ashley Pease, Learwood Middle School
North Central Regional Award:
Ty Grude, Andrew Swift, Char Muth, Debbie Neal, Lauren Budweg, & Kristi Palmer, South Amherst Middle School
Northwest Regional Award:
Richard Peters, Randy Buchman, Charlie Beard, Rafael Manriquez, Amanda Zimmerman, & Garry Rodenburger, Defiance Middle School
East Regional Award:
Mealanie Krause, Dover Middle School
East Regional Award:
Sharon Budd, Edison Middle School
Central Regional Award:
Elizabeth Hohenfeld, Bunsold Middle School
Central Regional Award:
Hilliard Weaver Middle School, Shannon Murlin, Jeanette Muzzalup, Meghan Dietz
Central Regional Award:
6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Team Leaders from New Albany Middle School
Central Regional Award:
Gabe Heselton, Erin Farley, & Laura Lombardi, New Albany Middle School
Central Regional Award:
Melissa Kelley, Kiersten Jaster, & Kristen Zollweg, New Albany Middle School
Central Regional Award:
Sarah Sautter, Jennifer O'Bruba, & Mary Spurrier, New Ablany Middle School
Central Regional Award:
Shane Shoaf, Andy Moore, & Josh Flory, New Albany Middle School
Central Regional Award:
Lindsay Bird & Laura Nungeseter, Teays Valley West Middle School
Central Regional Award:
Ronna Brisker, Teays Valley West Middle School
Female Student of the Year:
Janessa Miller from Van Buren Middle School
Male Student of the Year:
Michael Carlile from Mayfield Middle School
Parents of the Year:
Suzanne Fife and Kathy Vinciguerra (New Albany Middle School)
2014 OMLA Awards
Educator of the Year:
Jay Clark
Team of the Year:
The Fighting Camels, LaMuth Middle School
Service Learning Component Award:
Indepdendence Middle School
Scheduling Component Award:
Parkway Middle School
Scheduling Component Award:
Wickliffe Middle School
Southwest Regional Award:
Andrea Kaercher, Kings Junior High Schoool
Southwest Regional Award:
Lori Case, Middletown Middle School
Southwest Regional Award:
Jessica Ruggiero, Sycamore Junior High School
Southwest Regional Award:
Geoff Harold, Oakdale Elementary School
Southwest Regional Award:
Jessica Collett & Tracy Kleis, Columbia Intermediate School
West Regional Award:
Crystal Fullenkamp, Fort Recovery Middle School
West Regional Award:
Ben Trick, Bellbrook Middle School
Northeast Regional Award:
Joanie Gedeon, Shiloh Middle School
Northeast Regional Award:
Gina Pumphrey, Wickliffe Middle School
Northeast Regional Award:
Vicki McGarry, Mayfield Middle School
Northeast Regional Award:
James Trogdon & Christine Loren, Coventry Middle School
North Central Regional Award:
Julie Reiser, C.E. Budd School
North Central Regional Award:
Melissa Banjoff, Scott Giomini &Dylan Hartwell, Troy Intermediate School
Northwest Regional Award:
Dina Tadena, Bluffton Middle School
East Regional Award:
Scott Young &Ashley West, Tuscarawas Valley Middle School
East Regional Award:
Shaye Hicks, Edison Middle School & Pfeiffer Intermediate School
Female Student of the Year:
Ravenna Bala from Wickliffe Middle School
Male Student of the Year:
Ian Eldridge from Teays Valley West Middle School
Parent of the Year:
Stacey Wilfing from Sailorway Middle School
