Awards

Nominate 2020-2021 Golden Acorn and Outstanding Advocates HERE

Nominate 2020-2021 Outstanding Educator HERE

IH PTSA AWARDS

CONGRATULATIONS 2019-2020 Award Winners!

Congratulations to Joanne Wrightson, Jennifer Crewe and Valerie Yanni for being recognized as IH PTSA Outstanding Advocates; along with Wendy Marucheck, Wendy Cummins and Victoria Evans for earning the IH PTSA Golden Acorn Award. Thank you for going above and beyond for the students at IHS and our PTSA!

Congratulations to the IH PTSA Outstanding Educator Award recipients for the 2019-2020 school year. Nico Hakes (Social Studies), Kate Kelly (APUSH) and Tony Scaringi (Chemistry/AP Chemistry) were recognized as Outstanding Educators for going above and beyond to provide exceptional educational opportunities for students at IHS. Thank you for all that you do and for being such amazing educators.

Each year, the IH PTSA Awards Committee solicits nominations, evaluates, then selects recipients for the Golden Acorn, Outstanding Advocate, and Outstanding Educator Awards.

The Golden Acorn Award honors individuals who've given exemplary volunteer service to children and youth within our school community, and PTSA members for their contributions to our organization.

The Outstanding Advocate Award honors individuals for their continued and dedicated advocacy for all children, and a demonstrated commitment in helping create strong policies relating to the health, welfare, safety, and education of children and youth. The potential award-winner might be a PTA grassroots advocate, teacher, assistant, administrator or community member.

The Outstanding Educator Award was created by PTSAs to recognize individuals who have provided outstanding educational opportunities for children and youth, beyond the normal scope of their jobs. An educator can be, but is not limited, a teacher, including specialists, support staff, administrators, or community members.

Each Golden Acorn, Outstanding Advocate, and Outstanding Educator Award recipient is given a gold pin, their name added to a plaque in the main office, and acknowledged at an all district reception. Our PTSA also contributes $65 in the recipient’s name to the Washington State PTA Scholarship Foundation. These funds provide scholarships to post-secondary students.

Nominations for the Golden Acorn, Outstanding Advocate and Outstanding Educator awards are taken within the 1st quarter of every year.

Issaquah High PTSA Award Recipients:
Golden Acorn
1962	Dr. J. E. Chiotti
1963	Mrs. Robert Burdick
1964	Tom R. Deering
1965	John Medley
1985	Margarita Suarez
1986	Evelyn Gillard
1988	Andrea Mangold
1989	Terri Pietromonaco
1990	Kay Davies
1991	Jan Olson, Eileen Wheeland
1992	Vivian Gogg, Lorilee Paget, Gayle Wheeler
1993	Dana Booth, Sandy Kimball
1994	Deloris Davis, Colleen Johnson, Janeen Mitchell
1995	Leah Dewey, Chris Grossman, Leigh Wilson
1996	Carol Nale, Roland Roaches, Jan Sutherland
1997	Jan Anchan, Dave Edfeldt, Ms. Chris Kipp, Wendy Stoddard
1998	Cindy Anderson, Mary Laferriere, Mary beth Mitchell, Kim Roof
1999	Jan Bradshaw, Judy Brewer, Laurie Dortch, Debbie Kopson, Shanna Miller
2000	Wendy Aquino, Linda Arslan, Sue Churchill, Barb Nakahara, Dave Sao
2001	Steve Burdick, Heidi Evanger, Janey Pinneo, Pam Ratcliffe, Lynne Saunders, Jan Woldseth
2002	Karen Eaves, Pam Gow, Tina Richards, Carol Weisbecker
2003	Lorry Primrose, Jan Bennett
2004	Nancy Campi, Katie Richardson
2005	Linda Frye, Jiff Searing
2006	Deborah Parsons, Mary Lou Pauly, Jo-Ellen Smith
2007	Susan Hegedus, Marianne Kersten, Diane McGee, Danielle Tilden
2008	Anne Moore, Jane Lee, Camie Callahan, Jody Mull
2009	Deed Chase, Sue Jacobson, Blythe Meigs
2010	Vicki Hahn, Debbie Sexton, Lori VanDeMark
2011	Karin Allen, Dianne Buggé, Lisa Gaan, Mark Hahn
2012	Pat Batt, Kim Dreiblatt, Patty Flynn
2013	Laurie Foreman
2014	Cyn Baumert, Tricia Jerue
2015	Anne Watanabe, Sandi Lum
2016	Diane Burdette, Becky Gordon, Onti Rosen, Valerie Yanni
2017	Sara Carmichael, Margaret Chalfant, Barbara Howe, Bertina Sedlack
2018	Lida Buckner
2019	Leah Gibson, Pamela Kreuger
2020	Wendy Marucheck, Wendy Cummins, Victoria Evans

Outstanding Advocate
2008	Deborah Parsons
2009	Marianne Kersten
2010	Jody Mull
2012	Anne Moore
2013	Kim Michael, Becky Gordon
2014	Dianne Bugge', Betsy Cohen
2015	Alison Meryweather, Julie Siefkes
2016	Dea Barnett
2017	Heidi Fuhs
2018	Onti Rosen
2019	Rebecca Fay, Amber Zielinski
2020	Valerie Yanni, Joanne Wrightson, Jennifer Crewe

Outstanding Educator
2001	Paula Phelps, Ken Ruud
2002	Paul Johnson
2003	Tom Haff, Lavonne Watson
2004	Michael Gallagher
2005	Richard DeMarco, James Flynn, Joshua Moore, Bob Payseno
2006	Chris Bowman, Cary Kodama, Jay Radmer
2007	Jeffrey Dineen, Cathie Foote, Paula Phelps
2008	Ellen Jarvinen, Linda Sorenson, Susan Graham, Julie Bamba
2009	Amy McGinnis, Keri Dean, Dori Robinson, Lael Hughes, Officer Karin Weihe
2010	Jeff Berka, Vale Crain, Barbara Irish, Doug Jones
2011	Jared Fernandez, Tom Haff, Andrea Noon, Todd Parsons, Jeremy Ritzer
2012	Tim Baynes, Bill Bistritz, Buddy Bland, Carrie Borcherding
2013	Marty Kelly-Peterson and Karin Walen
2014	Hiroki Danshita, Kristi Hardy, Matthew Lockett, Elizabeth Short, Leah Van Moore
2015	Melanie Bonnano, Shannon Henderson, Kelly Henry, Andrea McCormick, Alex Stevens, David Wood
2016	Sharon Alder, Jennifer Cerasoli, Chris Foley, Lisa Hollingsworth, Neil Lasher, Joe Lee, Denise Moberly
2017	RJ Harris, Sarah Henry, Kevin Houghton
2018	Jaci Belur, Nena Carpenter, Todd Parsons
2019	Barbara Irish, Krista Jaffre, Mary Ann Knecht, Andrew Shanafelt
2020	Nico Hakes, Kate Kelly, Tony Scaringi