Awards

Volunteer Awards The IH PTSA Awards committee each year solicits nominations for, evaluates and selects recipients of the Golden Acorn, Outstanding Advocate and Outstanding Educator Awards. The Golden Acorn Award honors people who have given exemplary volunteer service to children and youth in our school community, and is an excellent way to honor PTSA members for their contributions to our organization. The Outstanding Advocate Award honors individuals for their continued and dedicated advocacy for all children and a demonstrated commitment to helping create strong policies relating to the health, welfare, safety, and education of children and youth. The potential award-winner might be a PTA grassroots advocate, teacher, assistant, administrator or community member. The Outstanding Educator Award was created by PTSAs to recognize individuals who have provided outstanding educational opportunities for children and youth that are beyond the normal scope of their jobs. An educator can be but is not limited to being a teacher, and can include specialists, support staff, administrators or community members. Each Golden Acorn, Outstanding Advocate and Outstanding Educator Award recipient is given a gold pin, his/her name is added to a plaque in the main office, and he/she is acknowledged at a reception. Our PTSA also contributes $65 in the recipient’s name to the Washington State PTA Scholarship Foundation. These funds provide scholarships for post-secondary students. Nominations for the Golden Acorn, Outstanding Advocate and Outstanding Educator awards are taken in January. Award nominations can be submitted by opening the appropriate form below, completing as much information as you can, saving it to your computer, and emailing it to the PTSA Awards committee chairs: Christy Garrard and Kellie Woodford. Golden Acorn nomination form Outstanding Advocate nomination form Outstanding Educator nomination form Issaquah High PTSA Award Recipients: Golden Acorn 1962 Dr. J. E. Chiotti 1963 Mrs. Robert Burdick 1964 Tom R. Deering 1965 John Medley 1985 Margarita Suarez 1986 Evelyn Gillard 1988 Andrea Mangold 1989 Terri Pietromonaco 1990 Kay Davies 1991 Jan Olson, Eileen Wheeland 1992 Vivian Gogg, Lorilee Paget, Gayle Wheeler 1993 Dana Booth, Sandy Kimball 1994 Deloris Davis, Colleen Johnson, Janeen Mitchell 1995 Leah Dewey, Chris Grossman, Leigh Wilson 1996 Carol Nale, Roland Roaches, Jan Sutherland 1997 Jan Anchan, Dave Edfeldt, Ms. Chris Kipp, Wendy Stoddard 1998 Cindy Anderson, Mary Laferriere, Mary beth Mitchell, Kim Roof 1999 Jan Bradshaw, Judy Brewer, Laurie Dortch, Debbie Kopson, Shanna Miller 2000 Wendy Aquino, Linda Arslan, Sue Churchill, Barb Nakahara, Dave Sao 2001 Steve Burdick, Heidi Evanger, Janey Pinneo, Pam Ratcliffe, Lynne Saunders, Jan Woldseth 2002 Karen Eaves, Pam Gow, Tina Richards, Carol Weisbecker 2003 Lorry Primrose, Jan Bennett 2004 Nancy Campi, Katie Richardson 2005 Linda Frye, Jiff Searing 2006 Deborah Parsons, Mary Lou Pauly, Jo-Ellen Smith 2007 Susan Hegedus, Marianne Kersten, Diane McGee, Danielle Tilden 2008 Anne Moore, Jane Lee, Camie Callahan, Jody Mull 2009 Deed Chase, Sue Jacobson, Blythe Meigs 2010 Vicki Hahn, Debbie Sexton, Lori VanDeMark 2011 Karin Allen, Dianne Buggé, Lisa Gaan, Mark Hahn 2012 Pat Batt, Kim Dreiblatt, Patty Flynn Outstanding Advocate  2008 Deborah Parsons 2009 Marianne Kersten 2010 Jody Mull 2012 Anne Moore Outstanding Educator  2001 Paula Phelps, Ken Ruud 2002 Paul Johnson 2003 Tom Haff, Lavonne Watson 2004 Michael Gallagher 2005 Richard DeMarco, James Flynn, Joshua Moore, Bob Payseno 2006 Chris Bowman, Cary Kodama, Jay Radmer 2007 Jeffrey Dineen, Cathie Foote, Paula Phelps 2008 Ellen Jarvinen, Linda Sorenson, Susan Graham, Julie Bamba 2009 Amy McGinnis, Keri Dean, Dori Robinson, Lael Hughes, Officer Karin Weihe 2010 Jeff Berka, Vale Crain, Barbara Irish, Doug Jones 2011 Jared Fernandez, Tom Haff, Andrea Noon, Todd Parsons, Jeremy Ritzer 2012 Tim Baynes, Bill Bistritz, Buddy Bland, Carrie Borcherding Honorary Lifetime Membership Recipients     None to Date State PTA Awards The Awards committee prepares and submits applications annually for State PTA awards. In 2008, we were recognized as the Washington State PTA Outstanding Local Unit of the Year. We are routinely awarded a State PTA Standards of Excellence award, meaning we operate our PTSA using State-defined “best practices” and follow all laws governing non-profit organizations.  For more information, please contact PTSA Awards committee chairs: Christy Garrard and Kellie Woodford PTSA Programs   IH PTSA Home