Twenty Elmbrook Teachers Named as Most Influential Educators

Twenty Elmbrook teachers have been named a 2012 Most Influential Educator in a new program created by two local education groups.

The teachers were selected by graduating seniors at Brookfield Central and East High Schools, under a program sponsored by the Elmbrook Parent Leadership Council (EPLC) and the Elmbrook Education Foundation (EEF).

It was developed by parents Jane Peavler and Kristin Urban and honors teachers who have made a significant positive impact on students' K-12 education.

These 20 educators will be honored at special banquets in coming weeks (student nominator listed in parentheses). 

Mr. Matthew Aslakson – BCHS (Daniel Buck)

Ms. Sandra Aslakson – BCHS (Derek Schmidt)

Mr. Patrick Coffey – BEHS (Aditya Trivedi)

Ms. Jill Cook – BCHS (Seungjoo Lee)

Mr. Andy Farley – BEHS (Kathleen Browne)

Mrs. Christine Fitzpatrick – Dousman El., Retired (Sorabh Singhai, BEHS)

Mr. Denny Gillingham – BCHS (Mikayla Kelley)

Mr. John Harder – BEHS (Max Hoffmann)

Mr. Sean Harkins – BCHS (Abigail Rufer)

Mrs. Emira Hot – BEHS (Gabrielle Termuehlen)

Ms. Vickie Jakubowski – Hillside (Amir Alwin, BCHS)

Mrs. Kelli Kwiatkowski – BEHS (Chang Ge)

Mr. Jeff Ortman – BEHS (Christian Kreznar)

Mr. Patrick Perez – BCHS (Hasan Nadeem)

Mrs. Anne Peterson – BEHS (Chih-wei Wu)

Ms. Alice Rast – BCHS (Samuel Patchett)

Mr. Marc Stanke – BCHS (Kriya Patel)

Mrs. Bonnie Sullivan – Tonawanda (Amanda Kalupa, BEHS)

Ms. Louise Thompson – BCHS (Dee Luo)

Mr. Brian Truka – Marquette University (Advik Shreekumar, BEHS)

The Elmbrook Education Foundation also honors current and past educators through scholarships and honorariums. To donate in the name of a teacher who helped you or your child, see the EEF website for more details.

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