Emerson Honors 99 St. Louis Area Educators with Excellence in Teaching Awards

Local educators recognized for their accomplishments and dedication to students and the teaching profession

ST. LOUIS (November 20, 2023) – Emerson has named 99 local educators as the 2023 honorees of the company’s Excellence in Teaching Awards. The annual program recognizes St. Louis area instructors, selected by their schools’ administrators, for their accomplishments and dedication to students and the teaching profession.  

“Dedicated and passionate teachers have a profound, long-lasting impact on their students,” said Akberet Boykin Farr, vice president of human resources for Emerson. “Their unwavering commitment to ignite students’ passion for learning and empower them to overcome challenges in and out of the classroom is commendable. For those reasons and many others, we are excited and privileged to recognize 99 teachers as this year’s Excellence in Teaching Awards honorees. Congratulations to all our honorees on this much-deserved recognition.” 

The Excellence in Teaching Awards program began in St. Louis in 1989 and is sponsored annually by Emerson, the global technology and software company headquartered in St. Louis.  

A complete list of the 2023 award recipients is available below and posted on the Emerson website here.  

About Emerson 
Emerson (NYSE: EMR) is a global technology and software company providing innovative solutions for the world’s essential industries. Through its leading automation portfolio, including its majority stake in AspenTech, Emerson helps hybrid, process and discrete manufacturers optimize operations, protect personnel, reduce emissions and achieve their sustainability goals. For more information, visit  Emerson.com

Contacts: 
Zack Kavanaugh 
314-348-1893 
[email protected] 


Emerson’s 2023 Excellence in Teaching Award Honorees

2023 Honorees

District

School

Teacher

Affton School District

Rogers Middle School

Karen Karsten

Alton COMMUNITY UNIT School District #11

ALTON HIGH SCHOOL

David Dresch

Archdiocese of Saint Louis

de smet jesuit high school

Kelsey Grimm

Our Lady of LOURDES (WASHINGTON)

Lori Aholt

St. Dominic High School

Lynette Hampton

STE. GENEVIEVE DU BOIS SCHOOL

Jamie Albright

Bayless School District

Bayless HIGH School

Sarah Olson

Belle Valley School District #119

Belle Valley MIDDLE School

Todd Gleadle

Belleville Public School District #118

CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH School

Tony DiPasquale

BETHALTO COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT #8

MEADOWBROOK INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

Farrah Allison

BRENTWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT

MCGRATH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Lindsey Piazza

Central 104 School District

JoSEPH ARTHUR MIDDLE SCHOOL

Kelli Campbell

Chaminade College Preparatory School

Chaminade College Preparatory School

Dan Karcher

CRYSTAL CITY 47 SCHOOL DISTRICT

CRYSTAL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Ricardo Pastrana

DE SOTO SCHOOL DISTRICT #73

DE SOTO HIGH SCHOOL

Lindsey Brinkman

Dunklin R-5 School District

Pevely Elementary School

Kimberly Weible

East Alton-Wood River High School District #14

East Alton-Wood River High School

Charlie James

East Central College

East Central College

Leigh Kolb

East St. Louis School District #189

EAST ST. LOUIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Jason Basso

Edwardsville School District #7

ALBERT CASSENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Josh Fark

Festus R-VI School District

Festus MIDDLE School

Jodi Bruns

Fontbonne University

Fontbonne University

Lauren Wright-Jones

Fort Zumwalt School district

jl mudd elementary school

Abigail Hawkins

Francis Howell School District

Francis Howell Central High School

Sarah LaRue

harvest ridge elementary School

Kristine Giacomarra

Grandview r-2 school district

grandview elementary school

Dianna Perren

Granite City Community Unit School District #9

coolidge junior high school

Gayla Bennett

Grant Community Consolidated School District #110

illini elementary School

Melanie Hundsdorfer

Harris-stowe state university

harris-stowe state university

Jayashree Balakrishna

High Mount School District #116

High Mount School

Jennifer Martin

Hillsboro R-III School District

Hillsboro high School

Tim Arnold

Jefferson College

Jefferson College

Timothy Boehme

Jefferson R-VII School District

telegraph intermediate School

Kelli Delk

Kirkwood School District

Kirkwood High School

Janet Mees Reinert

Lewis & Clark Community College

Lewis & Clark Community College

Louis Michael

Lindenwood University

Lindenwood University

Marcus Smith

Living Water Academy

Living Water Academy

Patti Nantz

Lutheran Elementary School Association

Word of life lutheran school

Laura Thompson

lutheran high school association of st. louis

lutheran north middle and high school

James Prahlow

maplewood richmond heights school district

maplewood richmond heights middle school

Chris Smith

Mascoutah School District #19

Mascoutah high School

Mary Neisler

McKendree University

McKendree University

Angie LaMora

Mehlville School District

blades elementary School

Kevin Green

Meramec Valley R-III School District

riverbend middle School

Jenna Alt

Missouri Baptist University

Missouri Baptist University

Mark Kimzey

New Athens Community Unit School District #60

New Athens Elementary School

Jamie Browne

New Haven School District

New Haven Middle and High School

Stephanie Harrison

Northwest R-I School District

cedar springs elementary School

Jennifer Anderson

O'Fallon School District #90

hinchcliffe elementary School

Kim Gibson

O'fallon township school district #203

o'fallon township high school

Jon Burnett

Orchard Farm School District

Orchard Farm high School

Michael Seideman

Parkway School District

parkway central middle School

Jeffrey Stephenson

parkway south high school

Anne Erehart

Wren hollow elementary school

Zora Shields

Pontiac-William Holliday School District #105

Pontiac Junior High School

Patrick Robien

Ritenour School District

buder elementary School

Nicole Eberenz

Rockwood School District

crestview middle school

Laura Fontana

lafayette high school

David Choate

pond elementary School

Danielle Toro

Roxana Community Unit School District #1

roxana junior high School

Elizabeth Schaab

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis University

Kristin Kiddoo

Saint Louis University

Margaret Bultas

shiloh village school district #85

shiloh elementary school

Sarah Wehrle

Signal Hill School District #181

Signal Hill School

Katie Jarvis

Special School District of St. Louis County

Barretts Elementary School

Kelsey Lang

hazelwood brown elementary school

Rachel Gill

neuwoehner high school

Michelle Cantino

south technical high school

Angie Harrell

south technical high school

Emily Degenhardt

south technical high school

Kristin Vergano

st. charles community college

st. charles community college

Ranya Taqieddin

st. charles r-vi school district

hardin middle school

Jeffrey Collier

St. Louis Community College

florissant valley

Keri Janssen

forest park

Robert Hertel

meramec

Jerry Pence

Sullivan School District

Sullivan middle School

Dana Seyer

the college school

the college school

Matt Diller

the school district of clayton

captain elementary school

Amanda Ketzer

Triad Community Unit School District #2

Triad high School

Andrew Brendel

University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis

University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis

Anastasia Armbruster

University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis

Nawaporn Sanguantrakun

valley park school district

valley park high school

Alexis Mathews

Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis

Amanda Carey

Washington University in St. Louis

Doug Villhard

Washington University in St. Louis

Eleanor Pardini

Washington University in St. Louis

Frank Lovett

Washington University in St. Louis

Heidi Aronson Kolk

Washington University in St. Louis

Jennifer Smith

Washington University in St. Louis

Jessica Wagenseil

Washington University in St. Louis

Louis Woodhams

Washington University in St. Louis

Mijeong Mimi Kim

webster groves school district

Webster groves high school

Jessica Haskins

Webster University

Webster University

Stuart Hill

Wentzville School District

journey elementary school

Megan Merz

north point high school

Leslie Brown

wabash elementary school

Jodi Owens

Whiteside School District #115

Whiteside middle School

Sarah Lindemann

Wolf Branch School District #113

Wolf Branch Elementary School

Jennifer Wagner

wood river-hartford school district

lewis and clark elementary school

Amanda Weller

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