FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                        February 7, 2007

NORTHWESTERN EDUCATION MAJORS BEGIN STUDENT TEACHING

            Thirty-five education majors at Northwestern Oklahoma State University began student teaching Feb. 5 in schools in Oklahoma, Colorado, North Carolina and Texas.

            The students began the semester with a series of seminars and multicultural classes at the Alva campus. In addition to their practice teaching duties, the students will return to campus for a midterm seminar and the Northwestern’s Teacher Fair on March 28 and their final seminar on April 30. Their portfolios are due April 23 and assessment exit interviews will be May 1-4. The last day of student teaching will be May 4, with commencement the following day.

            The students, their hometowns and teaching assignments are as follows:

Spring student teachers from Northwestern Oklahoma State University include (from left, front row) Helena Plett, Megan Fowler, Kylie Case, Alecia Perciful, Lucy Lanie, (second row) Erika Pumphrey, Michell Thomason, Shelly Koehn, Amy Pierce, Jammie Price, (third row) Lindsey Rogers, Kiersten Brown, Andrea Anderson, Melissa Yarham, (fourth row) Tomi Carruth, Alisha Warden, Frances McDade, Pennie Shipley, Connie Tebow, (fifth row) Michele Young, Megan Barr, Ada Dyer, Amber Snow-York, (sixth row) Stephanie Cameron, Wendy Terrazas, Bambi Knopp, Anna Scott, (seventh row) Grace Irvine, Delydia Gay, Recia Buntt, Quinn Thompson, (eighth row) Lindsay Headlee, Brent Polwort, Tim Callison and Dr. Martie Young, director of student teaching. Not pictured is Adam Steuart.

            Andrea Anderson, Enid, third grade at Pikeville (N.C.) Elementary; Megan Barr, Enid, third grade at Garfield Elementary in Enid; Kiersten Brown, Enid, fourth grade at Hoover Elementary in Enid; Recia Buntt, Ponca City, fifth grade at Woodlands Elementary in Ponca City; Tim Callison, Woodward, health, physical education and social studies in Fargo public schools;

Stephanie Cameron, Pampa, Texas, English and softball coaching at Alva Middle School; Tomi Carruth, Blackwell, second grade at Liberty Elementary in Ponca City; Kylie Case, Mooreland, English at Alva Middle School; Ada Dyer, Watonga, pre-kindergarten and second grade at Watonga Elementary; Megan Fowler, Mesa, Ariz., pre-kindergarten and first grade at Darrouzett (Texas) Elementary;

Delydia Gay, Woodward, health, physical education and basketball coaching at Washington Elementary in Alva; Lindsay Headlee, Alva, English at Alva High School; Grace Irvine, Chichester, England, health and physical education at Lincoln Elementary in Alva; Bambi Knopp, Enid, kindergarten and second grade at Taft Elementary in Enid; Shelly Koehn, Enid, second grade at Waukomis Elementary;

Lucy Lanie, Enid, kindergarten and second grade at Hayes Elementary in Enid; Frances McDade, Hennessey, fourth grade at Taft Elementary in Enid; Alecia Perciful, Ponca City, second grade at Liberty Elementary in Ponca City; Amy Pierce, Enid, third grade at Waukomis Elementary; Helena Plett, Okeene, third grade at Longfellow Elementary in Alva;

Brent Polwort, Pond Creek, science at Cherokee High School; Jammie Price, El Paso, Texas, health and physical education at Lincoln Elementary in Alva; Erika Pumphrey, Wichita, Kan., mathematics at Alva Middle School; Lindsey Rogers, Mooreland, mathematics at Woodward High School; Anna Scott, Ponca City, fifth grade at Washington Elementary in Ponca City;

Pennie Shipley, Ponca City, fifth grade at First Lutheran Elementary in Ponca City; Amber Snow-York, Shidler, sixth grade at McCord Elementary School; Adam Steuart, Woodward, instrumental music at Springfield (Colo.) High School; Connie Tebow, Lamont, sixth grade at Deer Creek-Lamont Elementary School; Wendy Terrazas, Ponca City, fourth grade at Washington Elementary in Ponca City;

Michell Thomason, Lahoma, mathematics at Cimarron High School; Quinn Thompson, Fairfax, social studies at Alva High School; Alisha Warden, Alva, kindergarten and second grade at Washington and Longfellow elementary schools in Alva; Melissa Yarham, Eldridge, Iowa, fourth grade at Lincoln Elementary in Alva; Michele Young, Blackwell, business at Blackwell High School.

Anderson is being supervised by education faculty members at East Carolina University.

-NW-

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