State Partners

Connecticut

Connecticut joined the Milken Educator Awards program in 1988

97 recipients since program began in Connecticut

$2,425,000 awarded in Connecticut since program began

Dr. Miguel Cardona
Commissioner of Education
Connecticut Department of Education
165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106

Ms. Claudine Primack
Education Consultant
Connecticut State Dept of Education, Talent Office
450 Columbus Boulevard,
Hartford, CT 06103

Connecticut Department of Education website

(Updated 01/06/2020)

Connecticut Milken Educators

• Jane (Hammer) Baldwin
  Trumbull High School
  Trumbull, CT
  1995
• Robin (Hickerson) River
  North Haven High School
  North Haven, CT
  1999
• Dr. Cherry (Jones) McLaughlin
  Flanders Elementary School
  East Lyme, CT
  1991
• Carol (Samsel) Ravagnani
  Smalley Academy
  New Britain, CT
  1990
• Anne Alpert
  Columbus Magnet School
  Norwalk, CT
  1992
• Margaret Andrews
  Annie Fisher Elementary School
  Hartford, CT
  1994
• Margaret Andrews
  Helene W. Grant Elementary School
  New Haven, CT
  2000
• Peter Arseneault
  Bacon Academy
  Colchester, CT
  2015
• Dr. James Aseltine
  Irving A. Robbins Middle School
  Farmington, CT
  1989
• Diana Proto Avino
  Abraham Pierson School
  Clinton, CT
  1998
• Sangeeta Bella
  Newfield Primary School
  Bridgeport, CT
  2004
• Dr. Delia I. Bello-Davila
  Maria Sanchez Elementary School
  Hartford, CT
  2002
• Deveria Berry
  Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School
  Hartford, CT
  1991
• Thomas Brodnitzki
  Metropolitan Learning Center
  Bloomfield, CT
  2007
• Jean Burkus
  Amity Regional Junior High School
  Orange, CT
  1989
• Janie Butts Pressley
  Flanders Elementary School
  East Lyme, CT
  1990
• Anna Capobianco
  Hall High School
  West Hartford, CT
  2017
• Wilhemenia Christon
  Ansonia High School
  Ansonia, CT
  1993
• Margaret Clinkscales
  High Horizons School
  Bridgeport, CT
  1988
• Dr. William Coan
  Weston High School
  Weston, CT
  1997
• Robert Coleman
  Pomperaug Regional High School
  Southbury, CT
  1993
• Karen M. Cook
  Norwich Free Academy
  Norwich, CT
  2005
• Mary Curtiss
  Trumbull High School
  Trumbull, CT
  1990
• Dr. Suzi D'Annolfo
  Litchfield High School
  Litchfield, CT
  1995
• Gail Dahling-Hench
  Cherry Brook Primary School
  Canton Center, CT
  2000
• Patricia Davidson
  South Windsor High School
  South Windsor, CT
  1997
• Dr. Eddie Davis
  Weaver High School
  Hartford, CT
  1990
• G. Gale Dickau
  Bristol Central High School
  Bristol, CT
  1993
• Cynthia Field
  Timothy Edwards Middle School
  South Windsor, CT
  1993
• Donna Fitzgerald
  Martin Elementary School
  Manchester, CT
  1991
• James Flynn
  O.H. Platt High School
  Meriden, CT
  2009
• Jeffie Frazier
  Helene W. Grant Elementary School
  New Haven, CT
  1996
• Thomas Galvin
  Berlin High School
  Berlin, CT
  1995
• Elizabeth Garand
  Northeast Middle School
  Bristol, CT
  1988
• Pamela Gardner
  Guilford High School
  Guilford, CT
  2001
• Frank Gawle
  Enfield High School
  Enfield, CT
  1990
• Shirley Gillis
  Harbor Elementary School
  New London, CT
  1989
• Barbara Gordon-Cobb
  Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School
  Hartford, CT
  1998
• Dr. Pamela Granucci
  Highland Elementary School
  Cheshire, CT
  1989
• Grace Catherine Griffin
  Church Street School
  Hamden, CT
  2008
• Yvonne J. Dean Griffin
  Hartford Public High School
  Hartford, CT
  1999
• Jessica Lee Haxhi
  Maloney Interdistrict Magnet School
  Waterbury, CT
  2002
• Dr. LeRoy Hay
  Manchester High School
  Manchester, CT
  1988
• Julie (White) Hodgson
  Mansfield Middle School
  Storrs, CT
  2005
• Douglas Hutton
  Glastonbury High School
  Glastonbury, CT
  2011
• Buckley Johnson
  Highcrest School
  Wethersfield, CT
  1996
• Raymond Johnson
  Hockanum School
  East Hartford, CT
  1996
• Billie Kapp
  Coventry Grammar School
  Coventry, CT
  1996
• Dr. Plato Karafelis
  Henry A. Wolcott Elementary School
  West Hartford, CT
  1998
• Tamika Knight
  Annie Fisher STEM Magnet School
  Hartford, CT
  2012
• Dr. Gladys Labas
  Francis T. Maloney High School
  Meriden, CT
  1992
• Dr. Richard Lindgren
  Illing Middle School
  Manchester, CT
  1988
• Irene Llewellyn
  Laurel Elementary School
  Bloomfield, CT
  1991
• Andrienne Longobucco
  Center School
  Litchfield, CT
  2000
• Robert Mellette
  Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School
  New Haven, CT
  1988
• Marcella Miller
  Batcheller Elementary School
  Winsted, CT
  1994
• Roger Morrissette
  Sedgwick Middle School
  West Hartford, CT
  1989
• Fred Myers
  Farmington High School
  Farmington, CT
  1995
• Richard Nabel
  Naugatuck High School
  Naugatuck, CT
  1991
• Nena Nanfeldt
  Nathan Hale Elementary School
  Meriden, CT
  1988
• Desi Nesmith
  Metacomet School
  Bloomfield, CT
  2014
• Bert Neumaier
  Farmington High School
  Farmington, CT
  1991
• John B. Nguyen
  James Hillhouse High School
  New Haven, CT
  2007
• Mark Nolan
  Pine Grove Elementary School
  Avon, CT
  1994
• Paul Osypuk
  Mansfield Middle School
  Storrs, CT
  1999
• Laurie Pallin
  Montville High School
  Oakdale, CT
  2003
• Susan Pelchat
  Forbes School
  Torrington, CT
  1998
• Dr. Louise Pempek
  Putnam Public Schools
  Putnam, CT
  1989
• Roger Previs
  Stratfield School
  Fairfield, CT
  1994
• Patricia Proctor
  Mansfield Middle School
  Storrs, CT
  1993
• Nelson Quinby III
  Joel Barlow High School
  West Redding, CT
  1989
• Michael Rafferty
  Old Saybrook Middle School
  Old Saybrook, CT
  1999
• Virginia Rebar
  Haddam-Killingworth Middle School
  Higganum, CT
  1990
• Daniel Record
  Portland High School
  Portland, CT
  1990
• Dr. Darlisa P. Ritter
  Long Hill School
  Shelton, CT
  1994
• Stephen Rocketto
  Ella T. Grasso Regional Vocational School
  Groton, CT
  1992
• Rona Rothhouse
  Bethel High School
  Bethel, CT
  1993
• Dr. Kenneth Roy
  Glastonbury Public Schools
  Glastonbury, CT
  1989
• Lauren Sepulveda
  Clinton Avenue School
  New Haven, CT
  2019
• Mary E. Sersanti
  Coginchaug Regional High School
  Durham, CT
  2001
• Dr. William Silva
  Berlin High School
  Berlin, CT
  1997
• Ina Smernoff
  East Hartford Middle School
  East Hartford, CT
  1992
• Ana P. Sousa-Martins
  Columbus Elementary School
  Bridgeport, CT
  2006
• Thomas Sullivan
  John Winthrop Junior High School
  Deep River, CT
  1988
• Ross Sward
  Putnam High School
  Putnam, CT
  2003
• Shelly Thompson
  Totoket Valley Elementary School
  Northford, CT
  2010
• William Tinkler
  Roosevelt Elementary School
  Bridgeport, CT
  1992
• Diane Van Ausdall
  Windsor High School
  Windsor, CT
  1995
• Dr. Carol Virostek
  Berlin High School
  Berlin, CT
  1991
• Carol Wheeler
  Jack Jackter Elementary School
  Colchester, CT
  1990
• Deborah Willard
  Glastonbury High School
  Glastonbury, CT
  1988
• Gordon Williams
  Trumbull High School
  Trumbull, CT
  1991
• Mark Winzler
  Edwin O. Smith High School
  Storrs, CT
  1997
• Anitra D. Woodard
  Annie Fisher Elementary School
  Hartford, CT
  2004
• Michael Zaba
  Louis Toffolon School
  Plainville, CT
  2018
• Manuel Zaldivar
  Smalley Academy
  New Britain, CT
  2016
• Charles Zezulka
  Carl C. Cutler Middle School
  Mystic, CT
  1992