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2025 Distinguished Cooperating Teacher Awards
2025 Distinguished Clinical Intern & Cooperating Teacher Awards Ceremony
| Name | Title | School | District |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christine Artz | Health and Physical Education Teacher | Collins Lake Elementary School | Buena Regional School District |
| Brian Belluzzi | English Language Arts Teacher | Union City High School | Union City School District |
| Jenny Boyd | 1st Grade Teacher | Julia A. Traphagen School | Waldwick School District |
| Corinne Bright | English Language Arts Teacher | Sparta High School | Sparta Township School District |
| Scott Cooper | English Language Arts Teacher | Southern Regional Middle School | Southern Regional School District |
| Shamika Cope | English Language Arts Teacher | International High School | Paterson City School District |
| Kelli Corbo | Kindergarten Teacher | Lanes Mill Elementary School | Brick Township School District |
| Elisa D'Angelo | 2nd Grade Teacher | Lafayette Mills Elementary School | Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District |
| Christina DiTaranto | Special Education Teacher | Lafayette Mills Elementary School | Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District |
| Michelle Doctor | Mathematics Teacher | Newark Vocational High School | Newark School District |
| Jessica Eden | Social Studies Teacher | Buzz Aldrin Middle School | Montclair School District |
| Amanda Eisenbeis | Art Teacher | Cedar Creek High School | Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District |
| Jennifer Fazzini | Biological Science Teacher | Toms River High School East | Toms River Regional School District |
| Sarah Frydlewicz | 2nd Grade Teacher | Marshall Elementary School | South Orange Maplewood School District |
| Gina Geletei | 4th Grade Teacher | James Madison Intermediate School | Edison Township School District |
| Michelle Gonzalez Limbacher | Spanish Teacher | Paramus High School | Paramus School District |
| Nicole Gural | Special Education Teacher | James Madison Intermediate School | Edison Township School District |
| Nilda Gutierrez | Special Education Teacher | Lord Stirling Community School | New Brunswick City School District |
| Erin Hoffman | 2nd Grade Teacher | Ocean Road Elementary School | Point Pleasant Borough School District |
| Cindy Jimenez | English as a Second Language Teacher | Elizabeth Avenue School | Franklin Township School District |
| Christine King | Special Education Teacher | O'Brien Academy | Ewing Township School District |
| Kristi Kulcsar | Special Education Teacher | Lenape Valley High School | Lenape Valley Regional High School District |
| Jessica Kupiec | English Language Arts Teacher | Trenton Central High School | Trenton School District |
| Jessica Kurtz | Biological Science Teacher | Toms River High School East | Toms River Regional School District |
| Nadina LaBouliere | Special Education Teacher | Delaware Township School | Delaware Township School District |
| Kim Largman | 3rd Grade Teacher | Dr. Walter F. Robinson Community School | Bayonne School District |
| Anne Lawrence | Special Education Teacher | Chesterfield Elementary School | Chesterfield Township School District |
| Olivia Lazaunikas | 2nd Grade Teacher | KIPP Lanning Square Primary School | Camden City School District |
| Shannon Marchiano | 1st Grade Teacher | Lafayette Township School | Lafayette Township School District |
| Kimberly Mazzucco | Mathematics Teacher | Delaware Township School | Delaware Township School District |
| Da’Shauna Melton | Social Studies Teacher | New Brunswick High School | New Brunswick City School District |
| Brian Patterson | Physical Science Teacher | South High School | West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District |
| Erin Perdoni | 5th Grade Teacher | John F. Kennedy Elementary School | Jamesburg School District |
| Rosa Paulino Plett | Bilingual Teacher | School #12 | Clifton School District |
| Danielle Polidore | 3rd Grade Teacher | Radix Elementary School | Monroe Township School District |
| Susan Prime | 4th Grade Teacher | Joseph T. Donahue Elementary School | Barnegat Township School District |
| Christine Pucci | English Language Arts Teacher | Bloomfield High School | Bloomfield School District |
| Jaclyn Rapp | 1st Grade Teacher | Lincoln Elementary School | Ridgefield Park School District |
| Laura Romano | 2nd Grade Teacher | Ambrit International School | Ridgefield Park School District |
| Erin Rotondo | Kindergarten Teacher | Lanes Mill Elementary School | Brick Township School District |
| Gabrielle Salerno | 2nd Grade Teacher | Marshall Elementary School | South Orange Maplewood School District |
| James Santangelo | Mathematics Teacher | Wood-Ridge Junior Senior High School | Wood-Ridge School District |
| Amanda Smith | Biological Science Teacher | Jose Marti Stem Academy | Union City School District |
| Mandy St. Pierre Johnson | Music Teacher | Lawrence High School | Lawrence Township School District |
| James Stankus | Social Studies Teacher | Elmwood Park Memorial High School | Elmwood Park School District |
| Sarah Tiedemann | 2nd Grade Teacher | Chesterfield Elementary School | Chesterfield Township School District |
| Kelley Timan | English Language Arts Teacher | Lenape Valley High School | Lenape Valley Regional High School District |
| Staci Toporek | English Language Arts Teacher | Governor Livingston High School | Berkeley Heights Township School District |
| Edward Varsalona | Social Studies Teacher | Neptune High School | Neptune Township School District |
| Elisa Weitzman | 4th Grade Teacher | Kellman Brown Academy | |
| Stephanie Winkler | Health and Physical Education Teacher | Collins Lake Elementary School | Buena Regional School District |
| Katie Zuretti | Kindergarten Teacher | Meadowbrook School | Eatontown School District |