UNUM Educators

During the first intermission of the Pirates win over the Springfield Falcons on Friday, January 20 at the Cumberland County Civic Center, UNUM, in partnership with the Maine Coalition for Excellence in Education, recognized six teachers and four school administrators who have made a difference in the lives of students in Maine’s public schools and who represent excellence in the educational profession and inducted them into the Unum Educator’s Hall of Fame.

The ten individuals inducted were nominated and selected through Unum’s Sixth Annual Maine Educators’ Hall of Fame, supported by the Pirates.

2012 Unum Starting 6 and Honorees

Portland Pirates CEO Brian Petrovek (second row, far left) and UNUM Senior Vice President Chris Jewitt (second row, middle) join the ten honorees in the 2012 UNUM Educators Hall of Fame. Honorees include: Suzanne Godin, Superintendent of the Year, South Portland; Carol Hathone, Elementary Principal of the Year, Hope; Linda Bleile, Middle School Principal of the Year, Wiscasset; Ted Moccia, High School Principal of the Year; Oxford Hills (South Paris). UNUM Starting Six includes: Eric Lawson, York Elementary School; Candi Randall, Newport Elementary School; Scott Daigle, Scarborough Middle School; Laura Mike, Frank H. Harrison Middle School, Yarmouth; Barbara Jewitt, Spruce Mountain High School, Livermore Falls; Maria Morris, Morse High School, Bath.

Below is a list of the previous honorees and winners: 

2012 Honorees 

Elementary Principal of the Year:   Carol Hathone, Hope Elementary School
Middle School Principal of the Year:   Linda Bleile, Wiscasset Middle School
High School Princiial of the Year:   Ted Moccia, Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, South Paris
Superintendent of the Year:   Suzanne Godin, South Portland School District

2011 Honorees

High School Principal of the Year: Dianne Helprin,  Pemetic Elementary School, Southwest Harbor
Middle School Principal of the Year: Michael McCarthy, King Middle School, Portland
Maine Superintendent of the Year: Bob Bouchard, Damariscotta School Department, Damariscotta

2010 Honorees

Special Education Administer: Rick Umphrey, RSU 39, Caribou
Elementary Principal of the Year: Jane White-Kilcollins, Hilltop, Caribou
Middle School Principal of the Year: Charles Lomonte, Biddeford
High School Principal of the Year: Patrick Hartnett, Leavitt Area High School

2009 Honorees

High School Principal of the Year: Jeanne Tucker, Mt. Abram High School
Middle School Principal of the Year: Gary Oswald, Mt. Blue Middle School, Farmington
Assistant Principal of the Year: Chris Record, currently Principal at Gorham High School
Maine Superintendent of the Year: Eileen King, Boothbay Harbor

2008 Honorees

High School Principal of the Year: Allyn Hutton, Falmouth High School
Middle School Principal of the Year: Becky Brink, Sanford Jr. High School
Elementary School Principal of the Year: Katy Grondin, Sherwood Heights Elementary School
Maine Superintendent of the Year: Michael Comier, SAD 9

2007 Honorees

High School Principal of the Year: Chris Mosca, Greely High School
Middle School Principal of the Year: Joanne Sizemore, Scarborough Middle School
Elementary School Principal of the Year: Deborah Emery, Henry Cottrell School, Monmouth
Maine Superintendent of the Year: Larry Littlefield, Kittery Public School Department

2012 Unum Starting 6

Eric Lawson, York Elementary School
Candi Randall, Newport Elementary School
Scott Daigle, Scarborough Middle School
Laura Mike, Frank H. Harrison Middle School, Yarmouth
Barbara Jewitt, Spruce Mountain High School, Livermore Falls
Maria Morris, Morse High School, Bath

2011 Unum Starting 6

Mary Deschenes, Montello Elementary School, Lewiston
Tammy Campbell, Glenburn Elementary School, Glenburn
Pat Suomi, SeDoMoCha Middle school, Dover-Foxcroft
Susie Bryand, SeDoMoCha Middle school, Dover-Foxcroft
Melanie White, Williams Middle School, Oakland
Jennifer England, Noble High School, North Berwick

2010 Unum Starting 6

Eileen Breault, York School Department
Nada Lepper, Brooksville Elementary
Dee Leavitt, Glenburn Elementary
Doug Maker, Lake Region/MSAD 61
Ed Lindsey, Old Town High School
Vincent Marzilli, Hermon High School

2009 Unum Starting 6

Mark Kafkas, Wells Elementary School
Susan Pellerin, Monroe Elementary School
Heidi Thayer, Glenburn Elementary School
Rebecca Young, Madison Middle School
Chris Poulin, Carrabec High School
Jon Beausang, South Portland High School

2008 Unum Starting 6

Patricia Grondon, Raymond Elementary School
Sally Plourde, Prides Corner, Westbrook
Susan Dugovic, Wells Jr. High School
Linda Pritchard, Freeport Middle School
Yvette Costello, Forest Hills, Jackman
Jessica Kaplan, South Portland High School

2007 Unum Starting 6

Karen Curley, Bath Middle School
Agnes Dodd, Embden Elementary School
Jeff Mayo, Peru Elementary School
Kimberly Costa, Bucksport High School
Tracie Martin, Narraguagus High School
Sheila Cochrane, Newport Elementary School

 

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