Recipients
of Awards Presented at Leader U
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the recipients for awards presented at the ATPE Convention
This award recognizes special volunteers who are fundamental to ATPE’s growth and development.
Winners receive $500 each, and their local units each receive $250 for future local unit activities.
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Local Units with 501-1,000 Members |
Amancio Garza
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Amancio Garza
Edinburg ATPE
Amancio Garza, the campus representative
at Edinburg ISD’s Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary, is one of ATPE’s top recruiters year after year. (This year alone, he recruited 193 new members!) The secret to Garza’s success? Simply asking educators if they are familiar with ATPE. |
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Local Units with 1,001-plus Members |
Terry Thompson
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Terry Thompson
Humble ATPE
The campus representative at Humble ISD’s River Pines Elementary, Terry Thompson says that sharing information is at the heart of being a campus representative. By posting ATPE fliers and sharing Legislative Alert Network messages and ATPE e-mails, Thompson reminds his colleagues that he’s available to answer questions about ATPE |
The ATPE Local Unit
of the Year Awards recognize local units that excel in the areas of local unit management, membership maintenance and growth, member services, service to school and community, and political involvement. Each winning local unit receives $500.
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University
Local Units |
Jeff Gregory
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Lone Star College-Tomball ATPE
Region 4
Chartered in 2005
43 members
2007-08 officers: president Jeff Gregory, Secretary Ashley McDonald, Treasurer Jaimie Monti, and sponsors Mary Ann Jackson, Rajone Lyman, Barbara Miller and Karen Steans |
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Local Units with 1-500 Members |
Merry Creager
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Ennis ATPE
Region 10
Chartered in 1980
458 members
2007-08 officers: President Rhonda Ferrer, Vice President Patsy Jones, 2nd Vice President Marilyn Glasscock,
Secretary Mary Dowell, Treasurer Nanette Moyers and Membership Chair/Past President Merry Creager |
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Local Units with 501-1,000 Members |
Tina Briones
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San Antonio ATPE
Region 20
Chartered in 1982
816 members
2007-08 officers: President Tina Briones, Vice President Linda Rankin, Secretary Margaret Phillips, Treasurer Diana
Canavan and Membership Chair Angela Sanchez |
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Local Units with 1,001-plus Members |
Ginger Picone |
Cypress-Fairbanks ATPE
Region 4
Chartered in 1981
2,241 members
2007-08 officers: President Ginger Picone, Vice President Jay Guerrero, Secretary Eli Rodriguez, Treasurer Martha
Pierson, Membership Chair Suzanne Bathe and Past President Becky Keels |
Print newsletter (local units with 1–400 members):
Woden ATPE, Malinda Holzapfel, editor
Print newsletter (local units with more than 400 members):
San Antonio ATPE, Tina Briones, editor
E-newsletter:
Plano ATPE, Tina Christian, editor
2007-08 Sam Houston Award for Political Involvement
This award recognizes an ATPE member for outstanding achievement in the growth and development
of individual grassroots political involvement.
Kim Kriegel |
Kim Kriegel - Waxahachie ATPE
Kim Kriegel is one of ATPE-PAC’s most avid supporters. She once promised to wear a coonskin cap to
the ATPE Awards Banquet if Region 10 ATPE raised enough funds for ATPE-PAC to win the Davy Crockett Fundraising
Challenge—and she made good on that promise, despite many funny looks. She also isn’t afraid to hit the pavement for
public education; she’s knocked on many doors to support pro-public education candidates for the Texas Legislature and
State Board of Education. Kriegel’s latest project is coordinating Region 10 ATPE’s efforts to publish a cookbook that
raises awareness of ATPE-PAC and money for the fund. Cookbook purchases will count as ATPE-PAC donations for the
purchasing individuals, their local units and their regions |
This program recognizes the local units and regions that raise the most money per member for ATPE-PAC during the year.
Established to honor the late Fred Wiesner, one of ATPE’s founding members, this scholarship is awarded
annually to four outstanding college students in educator preparation programs. This year’s recipients are:
Laura Erben, Texas A&M University
Vanessa Lucio-Medina, Texas A&M International University
Kailey Luckett, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Kara Phillips, Baylor University
This scholarship honors the late Barbara Jordan, a Texas congresswoman and
distinguished educator. It is given annually to junior, senior and graduate students enrolled in educator preparation programs at predominantly
minority colleges and universities in Texas. This year’s recipients are:
Angelita Barcia, University of Texas at San Antonio
Kristi Lewis, Prairie View A&M University
Vanessa Lucio-Medina, Texas A&M International University
Danielle Williams, Prairie View A&M University
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