MEA is proud of all its members and appreciates you each day. Here are a few members we would like to recognize as we close out the school year.
Congratulations to MEA Members selected as Maine County Teachers of the Year:
- Kelsey Boucher, Androscoggin
- Heather Anderson, Aroostook
- Matthew Bernstein, Cumberland
- Stacey Augustine, Franklin
- Seth Mitchell, Kennebec
- Bethany Goding, Knox
- Tracy Stover, Lincoln
- Ashley Bryant, Oxford
- Emily Albee, Penobscot
- Nycole McEwen, Piscataquis
- Kathleen Clark, Sagadahoc
- Alyssa Stephens, Washington
- Melissa Luetje, York
Hillary Hoyt & Jamie Karaffa
Congratulations to MEA Members Hillary Hoyt (EA 22) and Jamie Karaffa (RSU 16 EA) for winning the Maine Milken Award!
RSU 21
Thank you to the bus drivers and employees in RSU 21 who met with US Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona to explain the difficulties drivers are facing. Bus drivers explained how they used federal funds to entice drivers to apply and stay on the job, including giving them bonuses. MEA members shared ways the regulations for bus drivers can change to help make it easier for people to apply and stay on the job, including creating new training manuals that only include lessons needed to drive a bus; and removing regulations that don’t pertain to bus drivers can help increase candidates for openings around the state and country.
Karl Kruetz
Congratulations MEA Member Karl Kruetz (AFUM) on being named one of three UMaine 2022 Presidential Award winners!
“My Hero Works” at School Essay Contest Winners
Congratulations to our two winners of the “My Hero Works at School” Essay Contest.
Student: Anna Demshar
Kingfield Elementary School,
Hero: Melissa Hoisington
(Mt. Abram TA)
Student: Carter Bennett
Maranacook Middle School
Hero: Adam Scarpone (Maranacook Area Schools Assoc.)
Maine Association of School Libraries Awards
Congratulations MEA Member Iris Eichenlaub (Megunticook TA) on being named the 2022 Walter J. Taranko Maine School Librarian of the Year!
Congratulations to MEA member Elizabeth Lu Detwiler (Lewiston EA) who won the 2022 Maine Association of School Libraries (MASL) Support Staff of the Year!
