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Twenty Finalists Chosen for Western & Southern’s Education Award
CINCINNATI — April 16, 2010 — Western & Southern Financial Group (Western & Southern) has announced 20 finalists for the 2010 Dr. Lawrence C. Hawkins Educator of the Year Award. The award, established in 2007, honors one educator each year who has elevated the educational process in Cincinnati Public Schools to an exceptional level through personal commitment, dedicated focus and outstanding results.
Finalists for the 2010 award were chosen from a group of 55 teachers and administrators nominated by their peers. They include:
| Kathryn Marie Arinsmier Shroder High School |
Maria T. L. Lang Academy of Multilingual Immersion Studies |
| Deborah A. Bradshaw Early Childhood Education Cincinnati Public Schools |
Yzvetta L. Macon South Avondale School |
| Susan E. Bunte Silverton Paideia Academy |
Cynthia A. Miller-Wehrle Westwood School |
| Beverly A. Davis Rockdale Academy |
Shari L. Revels-Davis Aiken College & Career High School |
| Stacey S. Hill-Simmons Hoffman-Parham School |
Jacquelyn S. Rowedder Academy of World Languages |
| Daphne D. Horstmeier Cheviot Elementary School |
Anthony Smith Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School |
| Ruthenia A. Jackson Carson School |
Rachel K. Tapp Oyler School |
| Barbara J. James Riverview East Academy |
Ngone M. Thiam Academy of Multilingual Immersion Studies |
| Nancy L. Johnson Turnaround Team Cincinnati Public Schools |
Mary T. Wertheimer Clark Montessori High School |
| Joseph W. Kollner Schiel Primary School for Arts Enrichment |
Kathy Wright Hughes STEM High School |
The recipient of the 2010 award will be announced May 4 at an evening reception and ceremony at The Guilford Institute downtown. The award winner will receive a personal check for $10,000 from Western & Southern.
"Western & Southern recognizes that educators and administrators in the Cincinnati Public School system work hard and make a direct impact on our community through the children they guide and teach," said John F. Barrett, chairman, president and chief executive officer for Western & Southern. "The Dr. Lawrence C. Hawkins Educator of the Year Award is a vehicle that we can use to recognize and reward these educators for their commitment in the classroom."
Past recipients of the award include Angela Roddy, a consulting teacher for CPS in 2009, Kimya Moyo from Aiken College & Career High School in 2008 and Sharon Johnson from Withrow University High School in 2007. The award’s namesake, Dr. Lawrence C. Hawkins served as a member of the board of directors for Western & Southern and was a renowned educator in Cincinnati. He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Cincinnati, as well as a doctorate in education. Dr. Hawkins worked as both an educator and administrator in Cincinnati Public Schools before joining the University of Cincinnati faculty where he founded the College of Community Affairs. He was promoted to vice president of continuing education and metropolitan affairs and then again to executive vice president of administration. Dr. Hawkins served on several local community and business boards and was named a Great Living Cincinnatian in 1989 by The Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce.
About Western & Southern Financial Group
Western & Southern Financial Group (Western & Southern) is a Cincinnati-based diversified family of financial services companies with assets owned, managed and under our care in excess of $44 billion as of Dec. 31, 2009. A Fortune 500 company, Western & Southern has received Standard & Poor’s AA+ Very Strong rating (one of the nine strongest life insurance groups in the world), A.M. Best’s A+ Superior rating, Fitch’s AA Very Strong rating and Moody’s Aa3 Excellent rating, all with a Stable outlook. With a heritage dating to 1888, the group’s affiliates include The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company; Western-Southern Life Assurance Company; Capital Analysts Incorporated;¹, ² Columbus Life Insurance Company; Eagle Realty Group, LLC; Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.;¹ Fort Washington Savings Company;³ IFS Financial Services, Inc.; Integrity Life Insurance Company; The Lafayette Life Insurance Company; National Integrity Life Insurance Company; Touchstone Advisors, Inc.;¹ Touchstone Securities, Inc.;² and W&S Financial Group Distributors, Inc. For more information, visit www.westernsouthern.com. Western & Southern is the title sponsor of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women’s Open tennis tournaments.
1 A registered investment advisor.
2 A registered broker-dealer and member FINRA/SIPC.
3 Member FDIC.
Ratings refer to the financial strength of the insurance company and not to the safety, stability or performance of any investment product.
About Cincinnati Public Schools
Cincinnati Public Schools has 58 schools spread around a 90-square-mile district and is moving forward strongly on raising student achievement inside the classroom and rebuilding/renovating its school buildings into modern learning environments. Serving approximately 34,680 students in preschool through 12th grade, Cincinnati Public Schools is Ohio’s third-largest public school district and Hamilton County’s largest. Over recent years, the school district has demonstrated continuous improvement in overall district performance, reading and math scores, graduation rate, student attendance and high school academic performance. Cincinnati Public Schools has held the Continuous Improvement rating for four years in a row.
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