Recognizing Outstanding Employees

Dear Friends,
Every January we’re honored to host the Golden Apple Teacher & Support Employee of the Year Awards for Charlotte County Public Schools. This signature fundraising event is a beloved tradition for teachers, staff, and friends of education throughout our community.

We hope that you will join us again in recognizing the outstanding teachers and support employees who make a difference with our children, our schools, and in our community. Every year, nominations are made by students, principals, teachers and administrators for the Charlotte County Schools’ Teacher and Support Employee of the Year award.

To purchase sponsorship or e-tickets please click on the link below. We appreciate your support of this program and with your help, we can honor our teachers and support employees in a meaningful way. If you have any questions about this programs, our services, or volunteer opportunities please email me at daniel.washington@yourcharlotteschools.net

Click here for an E-ticket, or click here to become a sponsor.

Previous Year Golden Apple Winners

We thank all the outstanding teachers and support employees who make a difference with our children, our schools, and in our community.

Support Employee of the Year, Carmen Blake

Support Employee of the Year, Carmen Blake

For the past 20 years, Carmen has served as a media paraprofessional, developing relationships with staff and students while supporting literacy and technology needs in the library and media center. In that space, she is able to provide a safe place and help direct students to the resources they need. Those interactions led her to become a Check and Connect mentor, spending more than three years mentoring students by reviewing school performance and attendance, and encouraging students to stay...

Teacher of the Year, Bonnie Powell

Teacher of the Year, Bonnie Powell

Bonnie Powell has been teaching for thirty-one years with 26 of those in Charlotte County.  She has taught all grade and ability levels from ELL to Reading Remediation, with a focus now on Advanced Placement Literature, Advanced Placement Seminar, and ninth grade AICE English General Paper. Bonnie clearly brings a sense of humor and fun into the classroom. She describes her classroom as often loud, taking bizarre and unexpected turns, and much to the chagrin of her Task-Type students and her...

Thank You Sponsors!

Every year a portion of the net proceeds from this event supports our Teacher Supply Depot and award winning Take Stock in Children program, serving students in need for over 25 years.

 

Thank you Sponsors!

Click a sponsor logo below, to visit the sponsor’s website.

Valedictorian

Bob Pietrasanta

Salutatorian

James & Penelope Williams with “All that Jazz” 
Kim Amontree

With Distinction Sponsors, $500

Ambitrans Medical Transport
Banks Engineering
Byrski Estate & Elder Law
Charlotte Community Foundation
DMK Associates
Farr Law Firm
Harvard Jolly
Jones Family Insurance
Palmer Property Management
Dr.Craig & Lynn Pogue
Punta Gorda Rotary
Cara Reynolds
Word Empowerment Kingdom Center
YMCA
King Fisher Fleet, In Kind Donation

Cheerleader Sponsor, $250

Buffalo Graffix
Charlotte State Bank & Trust
Clearview Financial
Maura Matzko
Dr.David & Elaine Rice
Wal-Tech

Friends of Education Sponsors, $100

Cathy Bohling
CeJay Associates, LLC
DKG- Delta Kappa Gamma
Kiwanis Club of Punta Gorda

What are Golden Apple Awards?

Golden Apple Awards recognize outstanding employees. Recipients of this award demonstrate commitment and leadership in their field of work and foster cooperative relationships with colleagues and in the community.

Teacher of the Year
The Teacher of the Year program recognizes and honors the contributions of outstanding classroom teachers who have demonstrated a superior capacity to inspire a love of learning in students of all backgrounds and abilities. Every year, nominations are made by students, principals, teachers and administrators for the Charlotte County Schools’ Teacher of the Year award.
Support Employee of the Year Award
The Support Employee of the Year Award recognizes outstanding support employees who have made unique and exceptional contributions to Charlotte County Public Schools (CCPS.)
Golden Apple Awards, Teacher and Support Employee of the Year Celebration. Presented by Suncoast Credit Union