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Celebrate Excellence for NC Arts in Education Week

North Carolina Arts in Education Week

Celebrate Excellence for NC Arts in Education Week

Boy playing cello, NC Arts in Education Week, Arts NC

Arts North Carolina is a proud member of the NC Arts Education Leadership Coalition (AELC), consisting of organizations who collaborate with and represent arts educators and advance comprehensive arts education in our state. Each year we honor those individuals and institutions who excel in their work and deserve recognition as part of our NC Arts in Education Week celebration. We would like to help recognize and thank these organizations, individuals, and all those who instruct, engage, and inspire our students through the arts.

Congratulation Zach Walker, Judy Osborne and Peter Comperatore, High School Play Festival, NCTC Excellence in Directing, presented by NCTC Awards
Congratulation Judy Osborne, Union Pines High School, High School Play Festival, presented by NCTC Awards
Congratulation Peter Comperatore, Sanderson High School, High School Play Festival, presented by NCTC Awards
Congratulation Carlene Cearley, Cary Christian School, Middle School Play Festival, presented by NCTC Awards
Congratulations Medina Demeter Hoke County High School, Raeford, NC, 2020 NCTAE Educator of the Year
Congratulations Sara Grant, Music Educator & Liscenced Music Therapist, Cleveland County & Charlotte-Mecklenburg area, and North Shelby School, The Maxine Swalin Award for Outstanding Music Educator presented by The North Carolina Symphony
Congratulations Ryan Ellefsen, Director of Bands and Orchestras, East Chapel Hill High School, The Jackson Parkhurst Award for Special Achievement presented by The North Carolina Symphony
Congratulations Barbara Geer, Retired Choral Director and NCMEA Conference Chair, NCMEA Music Educator Advocate Award
Congratulations Michelle Harrell, North Carolina Museum of Art, National Museum Art Educator of the Year
Congratulations Jamielle Orrell Elementary Art Educator, Uwharrie Charter Academy Linwood, NC, NCAEA Art Educator of the Year, 2020-2021
Congratulations Gussie Marshallsea, A+ Fellow, Elementary Art Educator, Underwood Elementary Gifted and Talented Magnet School, Wake County Public Schools, NCAEA Elementary Art Educator of the Year, 2021-2022
Congratulations A + School of North Carolina Pinewood Elementary, Gaston County, NC
Congratulations A + School of North Carolina Inborden Elementary STEAM Academy, Halifax County, NC
Congratulations A + School of North Carolina Ida Rankin Elementary, Gaston County, NC
Congratulations A + School of North Carolina Enfield Middle STEAM Academy, Halifax County, NC