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2009 Honorees: Excellence in Education

Kindergarten Community Roots Charter School: Sahba Rohani and Rebecca Williams

Preschool, Temple Emanu-El Nursery School: Carolyn Silberstein

Kindergarden, Central Park East I: Yvonne Smith

Special Needs, Birch Family Services Mill Basin Early Childhood Center: Debra Robinson

Nursery School, Epiphany Community Nursery School: Liza Akeret

First Grade, Dalton School: Camille Ehrenberg

Fourth Grade, Trinity School: Thomas Roberts

5th Grade, P.S. 199: Elaine Shapiro

Middle School Math, Columbia Secondary School: Dee Martin

Physical Education, Manhattan Academy of Technology (I.S. 126): John DeMatteo

6th Grade Humanities, M.S. 54 Delta Program: Melissa Bergman

High School Chemistry, Physics and Math, Al Noor School: Yihia Mohammad

History, Bard High School Early College: Daniel Freund

History and Government, Health Opportunities High School: Julie Anne Schwartz

Music, Louis D. Brandeis High School: Barry Stern

Student Specialist, Mott Haven Academy Charter School: Tynisha Wynder

School Nurse, Convent of the Sacred Heart: Gail Trano

Director, Hollingworth Preschool: Connie Williams Coulianos