Annual Exceptional Teacher Awards Nomination
KSD Current Recipients
2025 Exceptional Teacher Recipients
Back row from left to right: Megan DiRusso, Graham Gitchell,
Sarah Ference, Caleb Taber, Danielle Lawrence,
Theresa Quigley, Amy Bartlett
Front row from left to right: Laura Simonds, Kristen Hertzler,
Riley Matthews
KSD Selection Criteria - Voting Closed
Voting is closed for this year.
Nomination Guidelines
KSD Nomination Guidelines
A teacher is defined as a professional staff member working for the Keene School District. That is, classroom teachers, specials, school librarian/media specialists, guidance counselors, special education teachers, reading specialists, speech pathologists, and nurses etc. Nominated staff must be returning to their Keene School District employment in the fall of 2024. Teachers who have been selected for this award may not be reconsidered for five years.
Nominations will be accepted from any Keene School District community member, including: students (both current and former), parents, employees, and administrators.
Click here to download the 2025 Exceptional Teacher Nomination Form
Click here to submit a nomination for the 2025 Exceptional Teacher Award online
Past Recipients
KSD Past Recipients
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Recipients, (not eligible at this time)
2011 - John Bass, Andrea Dube, Melanie Everard, Erika Greenwald, John Kersey, Pam Merrow, John Ohlson, Kate Skinner, Jeremy VanDerKern, and Barbara Ware.
2012 - Megan DiRusso, Linda Fisk, Marianne Lavatori, Tina McLaughlin, Linda Risley, Lisa Seelen, Kristy Symonds, Amy Strong, Jen White, and Deanna Zilske.
2013 - Danielle Heeran, Martha Kennison, Peg Hartz, Johanna Kress, Pauline Brackett, Karen Gianferrari, Lisa Larocque, Jennifer Antoseiwicz, Andrea Levin, and Ali Carr.
2014 - Kate Abbott, Kimberly Baker, Christopher Barry, Monica Foley, Susan Grover, Susan Romano, Debbie Sawyer, Thomas Sullivan, Tracy Thompson, and Jack Timmons.
2015 - Forest Bencivenga, Karen Cloutier, Beth Corwin, Brenda Haenchen, Kristina Hartwell, Barbara Kaufmann, Morris Kimura, Amanda Paul, Eric Stinebring, and Christina Villeneuve.
2016 - Nicole Crank, Donna Fairbanks, Carol Ferlini, William Hope, Paul Kohler, Dawn Loughery-Symonds, Kathy Peters, Benjamin Peirce, Kate Shanks, Nikole Starkey.
2017 - Greg Croteau, Guy Harrington, Jessica Hall, Tina Lepple, Ginny McManus, Sarah Owusu, Beth Sibley, Kimberly Simpson, Jessica Smith, Teresa Starkey.
2018 - Sophie La Fleur, Hannah Trombly, Hannah Blair, Lisa McGratty, Melanie Bradford, Mark Miller, Amy Chapman, Jon Perry, Bill Derry, Scott Rogers.
2019 - Suzanne Charles, Jennifer Desautell, Dominic DiBenedetto, Michele Gates, Gretchen Hoefer, Sonja Leslie, David Lybarger, Jennifer Petrovich, Peter Siegel, Caroline Thayer.
2020 - Lisa Seelen, JJ Prior, Jessica Arrow, Rebecca Wilber, Betsy Stacey, James Keizer, Ritu Budakoti, Amber Larareo, Natalie Ahnert, Julia Hall
2021 - Tracey Jilson, Rebecca LaQuerre, Chelsea Agee, Sarah Downing, Danielle Heeran, Tracey Truncale, Kevin Sullivan, Ali Cox, Emily Broadley, Alli Carr
2022 - Alexis Beaudin, Thomas Garceau, Christine Gillis, Barbara Kaufmann, Bonny LaRocca, Joy Livengood, Elizabeth Marchi, Meredith Pancake, Sophie Robel, Shelli Silk- Huntley, Sarah Tucker- Guthrie
2023 - Tracy Thompson, Martha Lavigne, Jessica Bono, Susan Hahs, Amiee Hennigan, Don Turner, Christopher Barry, Morris Kimura, Stephanie Moody and Christopher Whitney
2024- Beth Sibley, Christine Callahan, Garret Halfpenny, Hannah Blair John Luopa, Katlin Luscombe, Kathleen O'Leary, Lisa Munroe, Seth Cassin, Matthew Brady