1st Delaware STEM Educator Award Winners

Name Place Affiliation School District  
Ruth Fuchs 1st Mellvaine Early Childhood Center Caesar Rodney School District
Patrick “Brooks” Twilley, Brian M. Sherrer, Jordan Estock 1st Mount Pleasant HS, Brandywine HS, Concord HS Brandywine School District
Amanda Bowen 2nd Bunker Hill Elementary Appoquinimink School District
Robert Gibson 2nd Sussex Central High School Indian River School District

2nd Delaware STEM Educator Award Winners

Name Place Affiliation School District  
Robert Gibson 1st Sussex Central High School Indian River School District
Travis Bower 1st Selbyville Middle School Indian River School District
Michelle Harris 1st Smyrna Elementary School Smyrna School District
Jeffrey Kilner 2nd Sussex Central High School Indian River School District
James Sekcienski 3rd Appoquinimink high school Appoquinimink School District

3rd Delaware STEM Educator Award Winners

Name Place Affiliation School District  
Robert Gibson 1st Sussex Central High School Indian River School District
Travis Bower 1st Selbyville Middle School Indian River School District
Michelle Harris 1st Smyrna Elementary School Smyrna School District
Jeffrey Kilner 2nd Sussex Central High School Indian River School District
James Sekcienski 3rd Appoquinimink high school Appoquinimink School District

4th Delaware STEM Educator Award Winners

Name Place Affiliation School District  
Christopher Harris 1st Caesar Rodney High School Caesar Rodney School District
Cindy Isaacs 1st IRSD Exceptional Cognitive Enrichment Learning STEM Indian River School District
Karen Ferrucci 2nd William Penn High School Colonial School District
Jacqueline Chesworth 2nd Mount Pleasant Elementary School  Brandywine School District
Peter Kelly 3rd Brandywine Springs School Red Clay Consolidated School District
Amanda Gaglione 3rd Milford School District Milford School District

5th Delaware STEM Educator Award Winners

Name Place Affiliation School District  
Margaret (Peggie) Birch 1st Caesar Rodney High Caesar Rodney School District
Sarah Betlejewski 1st Millsboro Middle School Indian River School District
Heather Fitzgerald 1st North Smyrna Elementary School Smyrna School District
Karen Ferrucci 2nd William Penn High Colonial School District
Michele Thomas 3rd Sussex Technical High School Sussex County Vocational Technical School District

6th Delaware STEM Educator Award Winners

Name Place Affiliation School District 
Certified      
Rebecca Sheahan 1st Thomas McKean High School Red Clay Consolidated School District
Samuel Fawks, Stephen Lee, Stella Evans, Anarie Rio 1st P.S. duPont Middle School Brandywine School District
Leona Williams 1st Forwood Elementary School Brandywine School District
Melanie Mundell & Elise Knable 2nd Newark Charter Junior Senior High School Newark Charter School
Community Award Winners      
Deborah Liczwek   Science, Technology and Research Institute of Delaware (STRIDE)  NA
Jacqueline Means   The Wilmington Urban STEM Initiative NA 

7th Delaware STEM Educator Award Winners

Name Place Affiliation School District  
Certified      
Melissa Blair Tracy 1st Odyssey Charter School Odyssey Charter School
Daniel Rice & Peter Burnham 1st
Delmar Senior High School
Delmar School District 
Gail Morris 1st Gauger-Cobbs Middle School Christina School District
Community Award Winners      
Jacqueline Means 1st  The Wilmington Urban STEM Initiative  NA

8th Delaware STEM Educator Award Winners (2022)

Name Place Affiliation School District  
Certified      
Wendy Turner 2nd Mount Pleasant Elementary School Brandywine School District
Jamie Swartz 1st John M Clayton Elementary School Indian River School District
Community Award Winners      
Divita Taduvayi & Arnav Taduvayi 1st Girls Tech Together – ES NA
Kristen Melendez & Milton Melendez 1st  Engineer Early – MS NA
John Larock, Brandi Mycoff, Joseph Perrotto, Louis Rossi, Brian West, Richard Schlack 1st  MOE Robotics – HS NA

9th Delaware STEM Educator Award Winners (2023)

Name Place Affiliation School District  
Certified      
Krista Bivins – Certified – ES – Kent 1st North Smyrna Elementary – Sunnyside Elementary – Clayton Intermediate Smyrna School District 
Tommie Polite – Certified – MS – Sussex 2nd
Seaford Middle School
 Seaford School District
Sarah Leonard – Certified – MS – NCC 1st Louis L. Redding Middle School Appoquinimink School District
Sharon L. Bourke, Ph.D. 1st Caesar Rodney High School Caesar Rodney School District
Community Award Winners      
Todd Klawinski 1st  Caesar Rodney School District Environmental Education Caesar Rodney School District
Raymond Helie, Sarah Smith, Kelly Townsend 1st  Padua Academy – HS NA

10th Delaware STEM Educator Award Winners (2024)

Name Place Affiliation School District  
Certified      
Michele Timmons 1st  Phillip C Showell Elementary Indian River School District
Jordan Estock 2nd
Concord High School
 Brandywine School District

Math Marigolds Team

  • Anthony Reid
  • David Maloney
  • Shellee Wong
  • Susan Sappington
  • Thomas Becker
 1st
  • Howard High School of Technology
  • Brandywine High School
  • Odessa High School
  • Appoquinimink High School
  • MOT Charter School
  • NCC Vo-Tec School District
  • Brandywine School District
  • Appoquinimink School District
  • Appoquinimink School District
  • MOT Charter School
10th Award Essay Winners (Past Award Winners competition honoring the 10th anniversary of the awards)      

Kristen Melendez & Milton Melendez

 1st  Engineer Early    NA

Arnav Taduvayi & Divita Taduvayi

 2nd Girls Tech Together  NA
  • Jackie Means
  • Melissa Tracy
  • Krista Bivins
  • Margaret Birch
  • Tommie Polite
  • Brandi Mycoff
 3rd
  • The Wilmington Urban STEM Initiative
  • Odyssey Charter School
  • North Smyrna Elementary
  • Caesar Rodney High
  • Seaford Middle School
  • MOE Robotics – HS
  • NA
  • Odyssey Charter School
  • Smyrna School District
  • Caesar Rodney School District
  • Seaford School District 
  • NA