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November 21, 2012

Students and personnel recognized

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NORMAN — A list of district high school students honored at Monday’s board meeting, as well as personnel recognized for recent awards, are as follows:

· All-State Awards

- Fast Pitch softball (Oklahoma Fast Pitch Coaches Association): Summer Leitka, Norman High School

- Cheerleading (Oklahoma Coaches Association): Tana Stevens, Norman High School and Grace Bowles, Norman North High School

- Boys Cross Country (Oklahoma Coaches Association): Mackenzie Wahpepah-Harris, Norman High School

- Girls Cross Country (Oklahoma Coaches Association): Hayley Redwine, Norman High School

- 6A State Academic Champions (OSSAA): Norman High School Girls’ Cross Country Team

· AP Scholars (Each receiving a score of 4 out of 5 or 5 out of 5)

Norman North High School:

Russell Bates

Ian Bergman

Kayla Crego

Piper Janoe

Daniel Orr

Steven Roberts

Avinash Shivakumar

Lynn Wiser

Shengying Zhou

Alexander Zhu

Norman High School:

Eleanor Rambo

Hong Jeon

· Faculty/Personnel Awards

- National Indian Education Association Male Elder of the Year Award: Silas Wolf

- Oklahoma Elementary Science Teacher of the Year (Oklahoma Science Teachers Association): Tammy Trumble

- Oklahoma Middle School Science Teacher of the Year (OSTA): Codee Becknel

- Champion of Diversity for the Central Region (Sodexo Cross Market Diversity Council): Starla Peterson

- AAA Oklahoma Crosswalk Guard of the Year: Ruth Musgrave, Truman Elementary

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