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Every year, Humanities Texas recognizes and encourages excellence in teaching through our Outstanding Teaching Awards. We hope you have enjoyed getting to know the 2017 winners whom we have featured in our e-newsletter over the past several months.
Today, we are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018 Outstanding Teaching Awards. Over seven hundred teachers from across the state were nominated for this year's awards. During the 2018–19 school year, each winning teacher will receive $5,000 and an additional $500 for his or her school to purchase humanities-based instructional materials.
Stay tuned for upcoming features on the 2018 recipients!
2018 Outstanding Teaching Award Winners
James F. Veninga Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award
| Juan Carmona | Donna High School | Donna |
Julius Glickman Educational Leadership Award
| Kristian Lenderman | Northbrook Middle School | Houston |
Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award
| Suzanne Bence | New Tech High School at Coppell | Coppell |
| Krista Boivie | Reedy High School | Frisco |
| Stephanie Cash | Advanced Learning Academy | San Antonio |
| Patrick Crawford | Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences | Fort Worth |
| Michael Gross | Kennedale Junior High School | Kennedale |
| Erin Gutierrez | Lanier High School | San Antonio |
| Linda Salinas | Harlingen High School | Harlingen |
| Kim-Ling Sun | Jersey Village High School | Houston |
| Melody Townsel | Booker T. Washington School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Dallas |
| Cherry Whipple | Stephen F. Austin High School | Austin |
Linden Heck Howell Outstanding Teaching of Texas History Award
| Michael Bailey | Bradley Middle School | San Antonio |
| Brenda Beaven | Montgomery Junior High School | Montgomery |
Award for Outstanding Early-Career Teaching
| Dhara Lad | Emmett J. Conrad High School | Dallas |
| Yeri Villalobos | North Shore Senior High School | Houston |
(From l to r:) Pleasant Grove High School Principal Mendy Sharp, Humanities Texas program officer Sam Moore, 2017 OTA winner Nicole Brisco, State Representative Gary VanDeaver, and Pleasant Grove ISD superintendent Jason Smith. Photo by Molly Minter, Four States Living Magazine.
(From l to r:) Humanities Texas Executive Director Michael L. Gillette, 2017 OTA winner Ryan Sprott, and U.S. Congressman Joaquín Castro at Sprott's award presentation.
(From l to r:) McCallum High School Principal Michael Garrison; Bernie Carrasco; 2017 OTA winner Katie Carrasco; Humanities Texas program officer Sam Moore; Congressman McCaul's District Field Director Sarah Holloway; Austin ISD Trustee Julie Cowan; and Jim Furgeson.
(From l to r:) Jack Yates High School principal Kenneth Davis, HTx program officer Sam Moore, 2017 OTA winner Margo Hickman, and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee at Hickman's award presentation on October 6.