2010 Lewis Award Finalists Presented Awards
Mrs. Nancy Cooley receives her recognition from the Lewis Award at Our Lady of Lourdes Church
On Wednesday, June 2, Mrs. Nancy Cooley, of Our Lady of Lourdes School, Raleigh, and Mrs. Marilu Morse, of St. Paul School, New Bern, both Finalists for the 2009-2010 Lewis Award for Excellence in Teaching, were presented their awards. The Awards consisted of a gift of $250.00 and a plaque stating each Finalist's honor.
Mrs. Cooley, long term 5th Grade teacher at Lourdes School, was presented her Award at the End of School Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Church on Wednesday morning. Fr. John Forbes, pastor of Lourdes Parish presided at the Liturgy. Mrs. Anne Stahel, Chair of the Lewis Award Committee, made the presentation to Mrs. Cooley. Dr. Robert Scripko, Principal of Lourdes School, accepted the gift of $250.00 to the school in Mrs. Cooley’s honor.
Mrs. Marilu Morse with Msgr. Lewis and Bishop Emeritus F. Joseph Gossman at the annual Lewis Award Dinner in May
A special Mass was offered in honor of Mrs. Marilu Morse at St. Paul Church, New Bern, on Wednesday afternoon. Monsignor Gerald Lewis, Pastor of St. Paul, presided at the 1:30PM Liturgy. Mrs. Morse, a faculty member at St. Paul School for twenty years, teaches 6th-8th grade Religion, Math and Science. Monsignor Lewis joined Mrs. Stahel in making the presentation to Mrs. Morse; and Msgr. Lewis presented Mrs. Monette Mahoney, Principal of St. Paul School, with $250.00 to St. Paul’s in Mrs. Morse’s honor.
In her remarks at both presentations, Mrs. Stahel stated, “To be selected as a Finalist carries an honor of its own, and the Committee’s perception of any Finalist for the Lewis Award as that of an outstanding, talented, committed educator”.
Lewis Award Hosts Dinner
Mrs. Donna Frazelle, 2010 Lewis Award Recipient, with Bishop Michael Burbidge (left) and husband Allan Frazelle (right)
The 2010 Lewis Award Dinner was held Saturday, May 1, at the Cardinal Club in Raleigh, NC. The annual affair is hosted to celebrate the current Recipient of the Lewis Award for Excellence in Teaching and to honor all past Recipients of the Excellence in Teaching Award and the Lewis Award for Lifetime Achievement in Catholic Education.
The 2010 Lewis Award Recipient, Donna Maria Frazelle, was the guest of honor at the Dinner. Mrs. Frazelle is the Middle School Science teacher at St. Mark School in Wilmington, a position she has held for the last 6 years. She is very active in athletics at St. Mark’s School, and heads the school’s annual Science Fair. Ms. Marguerite Miller-DiFulvio, Principal of St. Mark School, was also recognized at the Dinner.
Mrs. Lesley Ferguson, 2002 Recipient of the Lewis Award for Lifetime Achievement in Catholic Education
Special guests at this year’s Dinner were the two Finalists for the 2010 Lewis Award and their principals. They were Mrs. Nancy Cooley, 5th Grade Teacher at Our Lady of Lourdes School in Raleigh, and Dr. Robert Scripko, Principal; and Mrs. Marilu Morse, Middle School Religion, Math and Science Teacher at St. Paul Catholic School in New Bern, and Mrs. Monette Mahoney, Principal.
Among the past Recipients of the Excellence in Teaching Award attending the Dinner were Mrs. Mary Jane Davis, Raleigh, 1994; Mrs. Rebecca Dason, Raleigh, 1995; Mrs. Deborah Haggerty, Rocky Mount, 2000; Mrs. Michelle Silva, Chapel Hill, 2005; Mrs. Laura Gallimore, Wake Forest, 2006; Mrs. Jo-Ann Colopy, Raleigh, 2008; Mrs. Susan Goethals, Raleigh, 2009. Also attending was Ms. Cora Bilano, Raleigh, the Inaugural Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999.
The Most Reverend F. Joseph Gossman, Bishop Emeritus of Raleigh, delivered the Invocation, and the Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Raleigh, gave the Benediction.
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| Lewis Award Committee members Mrs. Caralyn House and Mrs. Helen Mosca | Lewis Award Committee member Dr. Colleen Grochowski, of Durham, with Committee Emeritus member, Mrs. Petey Hicks, of Raleigh |