AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
Congratulations to our 2020 PTA Council Award Winners!
Each year, PTAs across the country recognize outstanding volunteers and advocates who help to further the mission of ensuring the education, health and well-being of every child. This year, due to the pandemic and school closure, we aren’t able to celebrate our honorees in the same way. Their contributions, however, are significant and particularly now, it is important to celebrate the spirit of giving and caring and honor those who do so much to support our students and families. Please join us in celebrating the following:
Each year, PTAs across the country recognize outstanding volunteers and advocates who help to further the mission of ensuring the education, health and well-being of every child. This year, due to the pandemic and school closure, we aren’t able to celebrate our honorees in the same way. Their contributions, however, are significant and particularly now, it is important to celebrate the spirit of giving and caring and honor those who do so much to support our students and families. Please join us in celebrating the following:
Neha Raichur, Golden Acorn
Neha has been a PTA member and volunteer all the years her children, now an 8th grader at Kellogg and a Sophomore at Shorecrest, have been Shoreline students. She spent an inordinate amount of time at Ridgecrest Elementary School serving as PTA treasurer, volunteer coordinator, camp fundraising lead, and Back to School BBQ Chair, always stepping in wherever it was needed. As if this wasn’t enough, she also became a part-time paraeducator for Ridgecrest for about 6 years. She then transitioned to become treasurer at PTA Council, and when it became clear Shorecrest High School also needed a treasurer, she volunteered for this position simultaneously. Neha has also helped lead the Holiday Baskets Committee for over 5 years, providing hundreds of students and families with food and gifts each year. She has an enormous capacity for giving of her time, expertise and energy and is also known for her generous and kind spirit – her delicious homemade Indian dinners always make serving on mid and end-year audit committees a pleasure. Thank you, Neha, for your extraordinary commitment to our community!
Neha has been a PTA member and volunteer all the years her children, now an 8th grader at Kellogg and a Sophomore at Shorecrest, have been Shoreline students. She spent an inordinate amount of time at Ridgecrest Elementary School serving as PTA treasurer, volunteer coordinator, camp fundraising lead, and Back to School BBQ Chair, always stepping in wherever it was needed. As if this wasn’t enough, she also became a part-time paraeducator for Ridgecrest for about 6 years. She then transitioned to become treasurer at PTA Council, and when it became clear Shorecrest High School also needed a treasurer, she volunteered for this position simultaneously. Neha has also helped lead the Holiday Baskets Committee for over 5 years, providing hundreds of students and families with food and gifts each year. She has an enormous capacity for giving of her time, expertise and energy and is also known for her generous and kind spirit – her delicious homemade Indian dinners always make serving on mid and end-year audit committees a pleasure. Thank you, Neha, for your extraordinary commitment to our community!
Suzanne Gugger, Outstanding Advocate
Suzanne joined PTA at Sunset Elementary School over 20 years ago, and now with her youngest daughter a Shorewood senior, leaves behind a long legacy of advocacy in the district focused on the well-being of our youth and also on art appreciation and education. Suzanne led art docent and enrichment programs at Sunset, Meridian Park and Highland Terrace, and served as Reflections, Communications and Legislative Chair at Highland Terrace, Einstein and Shorewood. She has even taught ceramics classes and organized and led numerous after-school programs. At the Council level, Suzanne has served as Chair for Legislation, Reflections, Awards and Communication, and has inspired and mentored many newer PTA leaders. Her contributions have been recognized with numerous awards over the years, including the Golden Acorn at Sunset and Shorewood, Art Advocate Award at Highland Terrace and Outstanding Advocate Award at Einstein.
Even though Suzanne’s many years as an involved Shoreline parent are coming to a close, she has generously offered to continue her many contributions to Shoreline PTA Council and will undoubtedly continue to build and strengthen this community in a myriad of ways. Suzanne is an advocate at heart, always connecting people and ideas to action and constantly thinking outside of the box to better serve students, families and our community. Thank you, Suzanne, for your many years of dedicated service and commitment!
Suzanne joined PTA at Sunset Elementary School over 20 years ago, and now with her youngest daughter a Shorewood senior, leaves behind a long legacy of advocacy in the district focused on the well-being of our youth and also on art appreciation and education. Suzanne led art docent and enrichment programs at Sunset, Meridian Park and Highland Terrace, and served as Reflections, Communications and Legislative Chair at Highland Terrace, Einstein and Shorewood. She has even taught ceramics classes and organized and led numerous after-school programs. At the Council level, Suzanne has served as Chair for Legislation, Reflections, Awards and Communication, and has inspired and mentored many newer PTA leaders. Her contributions have been recognized with numerous awards over the years, including the Golden Acorn at Sunset and Shorewood, Art Advocate Award at Highland Terrace and Outstanding Advocate Award at Einstein.
Even though Suzanne’s many years as an involved Shoreline parent are coming to a close, she has generously offered to continue her many contributions to Shoreline PTA Council and will undoubtedly continue to build and strengthen this community in a myriad of ways. Suzanne is an advocate at heart, always connecting people and ideas to action and constantly thinking outside of the box to better serve students, families and our community. Thank you, Suzanne, for your many years of dedicated service and commitment!
Outstanding Organization
Dept. of Equity & Family Engagement, Shoreline School District
Dr. Tanisha Brandon Felder, Director; Kim Darcy, Instruction Secretary; and Susie Moore, Lead Family Advocate
Since her hiring and the creation of the Equity and Family Engagement Department, Dr. Brandon Felder has brought equity to the forefront in the Shoreline School District. She has led the District in examining the impact of historical and current institutional racism and in implementing changes to the policies and practices that keep inequities in place. The Equity Department led a committee of staff, parents and community members in developing the district's Race and Equity policy, which identifies a directive that is paramount to the success of all students in the district: "Race as well as socio-economic status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and ability, must cease to be a predictor of student success."
Dept. of Equity & Family Engagement, Shoreline School District
Dr. Tanisha Brandon Felder, Director; Kim Darcy, Instruction Secretary; and Susie Moore, Lead Family Advocate
Since her hiring and the creation of the Equity and Family Engagement Department, Dr. Brandon Felder has brought equity to the forefront in the Shoreline School District. She has led the District in examining the impact of historical and current institutional racism and in implementing changes to the policies and practices that keep inequities in place. The Equity Department led a committee of staff, parents and community members in developing the district's Race and Equity policy, which identifies a directive that is paramount to the success of all students in the district: "Race as well as socio-economic status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and ability, must cease to be a predictor of student success."
Shoreline PTA Council greatly appreciates the many ways that we have been able to partner and collaborate with the Equity & Family Engagement Department in service to this directive. This was to be the 5th year that we worked together to hold the annual district-wide LGBTQ Potluck (although the celebration was canceled in April due to the pandemic). This past year, Council has worked with the Equity Department on some new programs, including the first Transgender 101 workshop and the Black Voices Week, which successfully brought awareness to inequities and challenges in supporting our youth of color through workshops, lectures and a book fair benefiting our school libraries.
Before the school closure, efforts were underway to provide a Racial Literacy training for PTA leadership, and through the lead Family Advocate (and Council FACE Chair) Susie Moore, Council has provided a focus and education on ensuring family engagement through PTA that goes beyond hosting events to engaging all of our students and families in more effective and productive ways. Finally, Council has worked closely with Dr. Felder and Ms. Moore during the school closure to ensure a system of support for families in need, including a food drive and a gift card program that continues to provide over 300 families with support. Thank you, Dr. Brandon Felder, Ms. Darcy and Ms. Moore for your outstanding dedication and commitment to all youth in our community and for your partnership with PTA Council!
Please join us in celebrating these outstanding individuals! Thanks to their extraordinary commitment and advocacy, the health and well-being of our youth is improved and our communities are stronger. Thank you!
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2020 Shoreline PTA Council Scholarship
Congratulations to our 2020 Shoreline PTA Council Scholarship Award Winners! Tesfa Shenkute, a senior at Shorewood High School, and Guy Elliott, a senior at Shorecrest High School, each received $500 to support their post-high school studies. Tesfa has been accepted at UW Bothell to study computer science and software engineering, and Guy Elliott will be headed to Western Washington University to study marine biology. Congratulations to you both! |
Other Awards
Leadership Academy is for volunteers to get credit for all their hard work on behalf of the PTA.
Standards of Excellence form for local PTAs to document adherence to best practices and potentially be recognized for it. Council would like as many Shoreline PTAs to participate as possible. We'll go through it together.
SOE pdf
SOE Word
Here's the Council version of Standards of Excellence, so that Local PTAs can help us keep Council on track.
Council Past Winners
1953
Aurelia A.Lonseth
1954
Jean Othberg
1955
Edwin Whitney
1956
Myron Ernst
1957
Eda Harris
1958
LeRoy Mock
1959
Rev. Darrell Berg
1960
Roy West
1961
Mrs. Leonard Leith
1962
Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Jones
1963
Mr. & Mrs. Ken Angell
1964
Ray C. Freeman
1965
Marion Metke
1966
Mrs. Albert E. McIintosh
1967
Claudia Bacon
1967
Florence C. Portin
1968
Dr. William g. Stevenson
1969
Betty Ellingson - OS
1970
Barbara Cothern
1971
Jean Lush
1972
Marjorie Wilson
1973
Shirley Edwards
Fran Jackson
Myrdie Lecture
1974
Mary Lou Cawlfield
1975
Bill Dering
Dr. Vincent Jolivet
Dave Peterson
1976
Shirley Rosen
1977
George Buck - OS
1978
Ed Osborn
1979
June Robinson
1980
Paul Burton
1981
Marlys Waller
1982
Bonnie Kirkpatrick
Marlene Van Hoosier
1983
Shirley Edwards - OS
1984
Chuck Harlow
Ruth Rongerude
Barbara Spinney
1985
Margaret Hofstee
Diane Adams- OS
1986
Paul Burton - OS
Grace Cole - OS
Bernadette Hart
1987
Sylvia Lappenbush
Donna McGowan
Caron Ogg
1988
Barbara Gorud - OS
Lottie Steiner
Cherry Tinker
1989
Dr Roy Duncan - OS
Kennie Endelman
Sen. Patty Murray
1990
Tom Traeger
Diane Bunce
1991
Nancy Anderson
Diana Andrews
Ros Bird
1992
Travis Wills
1983
Bev Munson
Sue Woodbury
Sen. Patty Murray - OS
1994
Gidget Terpstra
Jack Rogers
Caron Ogg - OS
1995
Diane Chapman
Al Morasch
1996
Andy Denney
1997
Geneva Norton
Donna Leggett
1998
Dorothy Johnson
Andrea Smith
1999
Adie Simmons
2000
Krista Tenney
2001
Debi Ehrlichman
Joan Watt - OE
2002
Sherry Marlin
Kim Nashif
2003
Mary Fox
2004
Lee Jardine
Johana Oma Warness
2005
Karen Dixon
Beth Green
Cheryl Shdo
Marjorie Ledell - OA
Great Harvest – OB
Albertsons- OB
2006
Dom Amor
Wes Brandon
Spiros- OB
2007
Joan Olfied
Lori Woodfield
2008
Jennifer Dodd
Doris McConnell
ZymoGenetics- OB
2009
Sarah-Ann Woodfield
John Mounsey- OS
Andy Denney- OS
Karen Fernandez - OS
James Alan Salon- OB
2010
Jim Talbot
Diane Hettrick- OS
Sherry Marlin- OA
Jersey's- OB
2011
Jenny Brown
Alfred Frates- OA
Kimberly-Clark-OB
2012
Mary Mehlert GA
Lisa Sharratt GA
Kathy Walker OA
2015
Jenny Farnam: GA
Rebecca Miner: OA
David Wilson: OS
Hopelink: Outstanding Business/Organization
2016
Lisa Surowiec: Outstanding Volunteer/Golden Acorn
Marianne Stephens: Outstanding Advocate
Mike Jacobs: Outstanding Service
Shoreline-LFP Arts Council: Outstanding Business/Organization
2017
Curtis Campbell: Outstanding Volunteer/Golden Acorn
Maren Norton: Outstanding Advocate
Lori Woodfield: Outstanding Service
MOD Pizza - Lake Forest Park: Outstanding Business/Organization
2018
Outstanding Advocate: Silje Sodal
Outstanding Organization: Lake Forest Park Rotary
Outstanding Service: Lisa McDonald
Golden Acorn: Kim Ositis
2019
Outstanding Advocate: Rob Beem
Outstanding Organization: Dale Turner YMCA
Golden Acorn: Susie Moore
2020
Outstanding Advocate: Suzanne Gugger
Outstanding Organization: Shoreline Schools Dept of Equity and Family Engagement
Golden Acorn: Neha Raichur