OnPoint Community Credit Union Names Cedaroak Park Primary School's Tandy Wolf as 2010 Educator of the Year
Online, June 4, 2010 (Newswire.com) - OnPoint Community Credit Union, in partnership with KGW-TV, announced that Tandy Wolf of Cedaroak Park Primary School in West Linn, OR was named the 2010 Educator of the Year during last night's OnPoint Prize for Excellence in Education awards ceremony at The Nines hotel in downtown Portland. OnPoint also named the Community Choice award winner, three finalists and five semifinalists. The annual awards recognize exceptional teachers throughout Oregon and Vancouver, Washington.
Hundreds of local teachers were nominated by their peers, students, parents and communities for this year's OnPoint Prize for Excellence in Education contest. The ten finalists, known as the Circle of Excellence, were selected based on their ability to encourage creativity, inspire and positively impact their students.
Educator of the Year:
Tandy L. Wolf
Cedaroak Park Primary School, West Linn, OR
K-5th grades-Special Education
• Wolf will receive her mortgage paid for one year by OnPoint Community Credit Union, plus $5,000 for her school to be used for resources and supplies.
Community Choice Winner:
Terry Moore
Lakeridge High School, Lake Oswego, OR
Calculus/Geometry
• Moore will receive a $1,500 award, plus $1,500 for his school to be used for resources and supplies.
Finalists:
Cynthia Dulcich
Atkinson Elementary, Portland, OR
4th/5th grades
Don Domes
Hillsboro High School, Hillsboro, OR
Technology Education
Virginia Hoke
Thurston High School, Springfield, OR
Language Arts
•Finalists will receive a $1,500 award plus $1,500 for his/her school to be used for resources and supplies.
Semifinalists:
Robin Davies
Farmington View Elementary School, Hillsboro, OR
1st grade
Brett Bigham
Pathways Community Schools, Gresham, OR
Special education, transition classroom
Jo Strom Lane
Roosevelt High School, Portland, OR
Theatre Arts and English
Katherine McCall Petke
The Gardner School, Vancouver, WA
Kindergarten
Laura Wiles
Mt. View Middle School, Beaverton, OR
8th grade
•Semifinalists will receive $250 to be used for classroom resources and supplies.
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OnPoint Community Credit Union is the largest credit union in Oregon, serving more than 207,000 members and with assets of $2.8 billion. Founded in 1932, OnPoint Community Credit Union's membership is available to anyone who lives or works in one of 11 Oregon (Benton, Clackamas, Columbia, Deschutes, Lane, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Washington and Yamhill) and two Washington counties (Skamania and Clark). More information is available at www.onpointcu.com or 503-228-7077 or 800-527-3932.