Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, November 10, 1994 TAG: 9412300018
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: N-14 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Kline was a graduate of William Byrd High School.
WHO'S WHO AMONG AMERICA'S TEACHERS has included several Roanoke Valley teachers in its latest edition.
The teachers, nominated by students, are: Haifa M. Al-Zubaidi, Ernest Edward Johnson Jr., Linda Clarke Livengood, Mary Jo Downing Fassie, David Lee Spangler, all of William Fleming High School; Christine Roberts Arnold and Barbara Dillard Williams, Roanoke Academy for Math and Science; Carole Yvonne Taylor Billings, Joellen Barrow Brittle, Rebecca Evadne Ross, Susan Strubel Sherlow, Jean Gwendolyn Stech, Cammie Rose Williams, all of Cave Spring High School; Robert Henry Brill, Northside High School; Lisa Owens Brookshier, Cave Spring Junior High School; Susan Day Caldwell, Madison Middle School; Conrad A. Claytor, College of Health Sciences; Richard Wayne Crites and James Arthur Hooven, Virginia Western Community College; Pamela Catherine Fives, Hidden Valley Junior School; John Mayo Furrow, Marian Jane Toms, Janice R. Shelton, Roanoke Valley Christian Schools; Susan Linebaugh Davis, Penn Forest Elementary School; Debra Padgett Grzanka, Joyce Willis Robinson, Burlington Elementary School; Mark Steven Hairston, John Edward McMichael, Robin Neamo-Parker, Dawn Perdue Parker, all from Patrick Henry High School; Frederick Lee Hoffman, Roanoke Valley Governor's School for Science and Technology; Lawton Davis Kasey, Lincoln Terrace Elementary School; Melody Lockard Leah, Fairview Magnet Elementary School; Susan Shell Morris, Stonewall Jackson Middle School; Ruby K. Shepherd, James Madison Middle School; Donna Mountford Speidel, Oak Grove Elementary School; Martha Sue Thompson, Northside Junior High School; Tina McKinney Weiner, Addison Aerospace Middle School; and Vickie Jefferson Wright, Fleming-Ruffner Magnet Center;
Laura Duncan Bolton, Lois Ann Cox, Barbara Kirby Jones, Billy Glenn Miles, Myra Janette Moseley, Cynthia Lozano Stephens and Charles Randolph Ward, Salem High School; Barbara Ames Brown, South Salem Elementary School; Gregory Lewis Gallion, Douglas Allen Graham, Charles Lyle McLaren, Eva M. (Farell) O'Hare and James M. Paxton, Andrew Lewis Middle School; Judy Seay Goodwin, Nancy Wilbourne Graham and Karen Nichols Montgomery, Glenvar Elementary School; Linda Pagans Graham, Elizabeth Ellen Hall, Donna Meredith Hoffman, Larry Calvin Humphreys, Glenvar High School; and Margaret Tillman Humphrey and Dennis Reaser of Salem schools; Sandra Maeder Gates, Breckinridge Elementary School; Linda Smith Johnson, Lois Wood Switzer and Lori Catherine Wingo, all Botetourt Intermediate School; Barbara Abshire Markham, Buchanan Elementary School; Janice Pitts Deyerle and Andrew Phillip Ward, Lord Botetourt High School; Mark Bradley Baetz, Craig County High School; and Diane Haynes Morefield and Elizabeth Wygal Semones, William Byrd High School; and Deborah Simmons Wiley, William Byrd Middle School.
PATRICK HENRY HIGH SCHOOL recently placed in the 21st annual Radford University Math Rally. Schools were judged on an individual and team basis. Certificates were awarded to the top three individuals and top three teams in classes A, AA, AAA, and a $100 prize was given to the top individual winner in each class.
The Patrick Henry team of seniors John Eure, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Eure Sr.; Ivan Herman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Herman; and Joel Nitchman, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Nitchman, was third in the AAA division. Eure also placed second individually in this division.
CLAYTON S. HIGHBERGER of Salem and JULIA E. SLEMP of Roanoke, both students at Randolph-Macon College have been recognized by Zeta of Virginia chapter of Phi Beta Kappa for earning a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or better through their sophomore year.
KATHERINE E. GARRETT and NATALIE BUSHKAR, both of Roanoke, were among the winners in First Virginia Banks Inc. 1995 Annual Student Art Calendar Competition. Their work will be featured in the 1995 Virginia Student Art Calendar, which will be distributed at all Virginia branches at First Virginia member banks. Each winning student received a $150 First Virginia Statement Savings account. Each school with a winning student received a $250 contribution.
Garrett is a fifth-grader at Penn Forest Elementary, and her work will appear in the calender on the month of March. Bushkar is a sixth-grader at Cave Spring Junior High, and her work will appear on the month ofApril.
MARGARET TYREE HARDING of Roanoke has been awarded the Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award by Averett College. Harding, who is minister of education, youth, and administration at Grandin Court Baptist Church in Roanoke, was honored for her contributions to her church and to her community.
Harding holds a bachelor's degree in church ministries from Averett and a master of divinity degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in North Carolina. She is past president of the Roanoke Area Ministers of Education Association, past president and vice president of the Virginia Baptist Religious Education Association, a member of the board of the Religious Education Association of America and a member of the Averett Ministerial Advisory Committee, and holds a leadership position in the Southern Baptist Religious Education Association.
She also is listed in Who's Who in Religion, Who's Who Among College and University Students and Who's Who Among Women.
BRIAN P. SHORT, a 1994 graduate of William Fleming High School, has been named an Advanced Placement Scholar by the College Board in recognition of his exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Place Examinations.
ELIZABETH POFF, an English teacher at Patrick Henry High School, recently was recognized by the Governor's School for the Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Richmond.
Nominated by Patrick Henry junior, Kelly Rosenberger, Poff was honored "for having a positive influence on the educational development of gifted and talented students while fulfilling the usual duties of a teacher, for demonstrating a caring, empathic attitude while assisting students to achieve their educational goals, and for mentoring, advising and inspiring the youth of the commonwealth of Virginia."
NANCY ROSENBAUM, an English teacher at Patrick Henry High School, has been elected president of District P, Virginia Association of Teachers of English. The organization serves Roanoke and Salem, and Roanoke, Franklin, Craig, Botetourt and Allegheny counties.
Rosenbaum also is affiliate chairman for the Virginia Association of Teachers of English.
APRIL A. SMITH, daughter of Carole Gibson and Roger Smith of Roanoke, recently received the Jane Addams Scholarship from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis.
Smith, who is pursuing a master of social work degree, graduated from the University of Richmond in 1993 with a bachelor of arts degree in sociology.
The Jane Addams Scholarship is awarded to an outstanding incoming full-time student with potential for leadership in the field of social work. The scholarship carries an award of $14,000 over two years, or four semesters at $3,500.
by CNB