Past Winners

Teacher of the Year Award winners are honored at the AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition Chairman’s Reception each year. Past winners include:

Year	Receipient	School
2023	Shannon Chatwin	Owasso High School, Owasso, Okla.
2022	Toshimi Fujikawa	Arroyo High School, San Lorenzo, Calif.
2021	Sabrina Ewald	Centennial High School, Frisco, Texas
2020	Rebekah Kienenberger	Arete Preparatory Academy, Gilbert, Ariz.
2019	Laura Branch	Ernest Righetti High School in Santa Maria, Calif.
2018	Debbie Morgan	South Sevier High School in Monroe, Utah.
2017	Julie Mitchell	Erie High School in Erie Colo.
2016	Karen Waterbury	St. Mary's Catholic School, Mount Carmel, Ill.
2015	Jacqueline Bath	ThunderRidge High School, Littleton, Colo.
2014	Heather McArdle	Mahopac High School Mahopac, N.Y.
2013	Chris Bolhuis	Hudsonville Freshman Campus, Hudsonville, Michigan
2012	Jonna Gentry	Green Mountain High School, Lakewood, CO
2011	Sharon Milito	Patrick Henry Elementary, Colorado Springs, CO
2010	L. Stef Paramoure	Oak Run Middle School, New Braunfels, TX
2009	Ty Robinson	Provo High School, Provo, UT
2008	Mary Fitts	Sierra Middle School, Parker, CO
2007	Ryan Henry	Tulsa Street School, Tulsa, OK
2006	James Schulz	Helena High School, Helena, MT
2005	Marilyn Bachman	Montecito Union School, Santa Barbara, CA
2004	Mike Fillipow	Polytechnic High School, Long Beach, CA
2003	Amy J. John	BseBitAi Middle School, Shiprock, NM
2002	Kevin Leineweber	McCutcheon High School, Lafayette, IN
2001	John McKinney	Castle Rock Middle School, Castle Rock, CO
2000	Peggy Lubchenco	La Colina Junior High School, Santa Barbara, CA
1999	Herbert Turner	Waynesville Middle School, Waynesville, MO
1998	No award given
1997	No award given
1996	Jane Justus Frazier	Natomas High School, Sacramento, CA

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