Vaughn, Albright selected District Teachers of the Year

Tim Vaughn, choir director at Ross S. Sterling High School, was selected as Goose Creek CISD’s 2005 Secondary Teacher of the Year, and Patti Albright, fifth-grade teacher at Lorenzo De Zavala Elementary School, was chosen as 2005 District Elementary Teacher of the Year.
Vaughn, Albright, and Campus Teacher of the Year honorees were recognized at the annual “Salute to the Stars” celebration on May 18 at Robert E. Lee High School.

The district winners were selected by a district-wide vote of teachers after being selected as Teachers of the Year at their respective campuses.
Campus Teachers of the Year at the elementary level include Ruth Woodall, Alamo; Mary Page, Ashbel Smith; Wendy Magness, Stephen F. Austin; Charlotte Laughlin, Bowie; Ali Huntington, Carver; Steven Horelica, Crockett; Susan Battle, Highlands; Mindi Garzoria, Hopper; Diana Garey, Harlem; Susan Hillin, Lamar; Linda Butcher, Lamar; Norma Garcia, San Jacinto; and Barbara Eubank, Travis.

Campus Teachers of the Year at the secondary level are Wilda Neal, Baytown Junior School; Marie Drewnowski, Cedar Bayou Junior School; JoBeth Bacon, Highlands Junior School; Sherry Smith, Gentry Junior School; Cathy Nevil, Horace Mann Junior School; Criss Dippel, Robert E. Lee High School; Cathy Slay, Alternative Learning Program; Gayla Townsend, School Community Guidance Center; and Steve Barron, Stuart Career Center.

Melissa Marr, life skills teacher at Cedar Bayou Junior School, is the winner of the James Becker Thomson Award for special education excellence.
Representatives from the campuses of the District Teachers of the Year paid tribute to them during the event. Entertainment was provided by the Lee High School Choir, under the direction of Theresa Cronin.