(l-r) Dr. Stephen Westervelt, Peter L. Lyden III, James Gleason, Anthony Migliaccio, Tara Durkin Rochford, Emily A. Doherty, Barbara Calvo, Lorraine R. Hilton, Kathy Kokoll, Marianne Petty, and Debbie Boenig. RED BANK – The Monmouth County Arts Council (MCAC) honored the winners of the 2007 Arts Education Awards May 10 at a ceremony held at the Middletown Arts and Cultural Center.
The awards recognize creative arts programming, talented teachers and administrators, and arts-infused schools in Monmouth County.
Three arts educators receiving awards were Barbara Calvo of Ocean Township Elementary School, Kathy Kokoll, H.W. Mountz School of Spring Lake, and Marianne Petty of CPC High Point Adolescent School. Each teacher was lauded for her unique ways of teaching, motivating and inspiring students in a classroom atmosphere of creativity and acceptance.
Red Bank Regional High School, which established the Visual and Performing Arts Academy almost 25 years ago, was the recipient of the Arts-Infused School citation. One-fourth of the RBR student body belong to the Visual and Performing Arts Academy.
Communications High School Principal James Gleason received an Arts Administrator Award in recognition of his leadership and the “cultivation of an academic curriculum that is saturated with the arts.” He has supported arts education, utilizing art in education and extracurricular activities in the arts, MCAC said.
Receiving Champion of the Arts awards were retiring MCAC board member Lorraine R. Hilton, recognized for her decade-long dedication to MCAC, and Tara Durkin Rochford, for her service and energy as coordinator of the Teen Arts Festival 2007.
For more information, visit www.monmouthartscouncil.org or call (732) 212-1890.