Thank you to everyone who entered our izzit.org 2009-2010 Teacher of the Year contest! We received hundreds of amazing entries and choosing was very difficult. Congratulations to our winners and runners-up!

Each Teacher of the Year was presented with The David and Annette Jorgensen Award for Excellence at a formal awards ceremony in San Francisco as part of our Third Annual "Winning Ideas Weekend." This was an all-expenses paid trip for the winning teachers. Each winner also received $1000.

izzit.org 2009-2010 Teacher of the Year winners:

4th - 6th Grade: Mrs. Lucille Case, Science, Rock Lake Middle School, Longwood, FL 7th Grade: Mrs. Rita Cochrane, Geography, David Lipscomb Middle School, Nashville, TN 8th Grade: Mr. Jason Griffith, English, Lamberton Middle School, Carlisle, PA 9th Grade: Mr. Adam Frank, Social Studies, Elsik Ninth Grade Center, Houston, TX 10th Grade: Ms. Casey Fleming, Reading/Writing, North Miami Beach Senior High School, Miami, FL 11th Grade: Mr. James Buchanan, Economics, Collier High School, Wickatunk, NJ 12th Grade: Ms. Marie Vitulli, Social Studies, North Rockland High School, Thiells, NY

izzit.org 2009-2010 Teacher of the Year runners-up:

4th - 6th Grade: Ms. Kathleen Moss, Social Studies, Zachry Middle School, San Antonio, TX 7th Grade: Mr. Edward Tooley, Geography, Los Angeles Baptist Middle/High School, North Hills, CA 8th Grade: Mrs. Bonnie Dewolf, American History, Boston Middle School, La Porte, IN 9th Grade: Ms. Carol Stephens, Debate, Springtown High School, Springtown, TX 10th Grade: Ms. Carole Ng, Mathematics, Santa Teresa High School, San Jose, CA 11th Grade: Mrs. Judy Coane, English, Carlton J. Kell High School, Marietta, GA 12th Grade: Mrs. Dana Mehl, Economics, Goshen High School, Goshen, IN

Remember to check back to this page next fall for details of the 2010-2011 contest! And thank you again to all our talented teachers!