Educators sought
for annual VanTine award
GRANVILLE,
Ohio – The Granville Education Foundation (GEF) is accepting nominations for
the 2020 Jody VanTine Outstanding Educator Award. The award was established to
recognize distinguished and innovative educational contributions made by
educators in the Granville Exempted Village School District (GEVSD). This award
is given annually by the Granville Education Foundation to commemorate the high
ideals that characterized the life and career of teacher Jody VanTine.
During her
brief career, VanTine won the love and devotion of the many students whose
lives she touched as a teacher, the esteem and respect of countless more who
knew her as parents or patrons of Granville schools, and the unqualified
admiration of the teachers with whom she worked. VanTine was a second grade
teacher in the Granville Exempted Village Schools at the time of her death in March
1985.
Parents,
teachers or staff, students and community members may make nominations. All
nominations will be kept confidential and will be reviewed by a selection
committee. Visit http://granvilleeducationfoundation.org/vantine for a
nomination form.
Letters of
nomination should include a statement of how the nominee has made a significant
and distinguished contribution toward the beneficial growth and education of
students in the GEVSD, and a description of how the nominee has demonstrated
any or all of the following: sense of caring about the students; ability to
understand and respond to the individual needs of students; commitment to
education, and going beyond normal expectations.
Nominations
are due by noon on Friday, June 5, 2020, and may be submitted by mail to GEF,
PO Box 84, Granville OH, 43023, or by email to
[email protected].
GEF is a
non-profit organization that raises funds within the community in order to
award grants to teachers for innovative projects that are implemented in a
variety of settings including, but not limited to, classrooms, libraries, art
rooms, music rooms, gymnasiums, technology spaces, greenhouses, and the Land
Lab.