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Catholic Award for Teachers
Nominate Your favorite Teacher, Coach, Librarian, or Counselor
for the Catholic Awards for Teachers.
Established in 1998 with an anonymous gift to The Catholic Foundation, the Catholic Award for Teachers recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding teachers in our Catholic schools. Each year, several teachers are selected to receive awards of $1,000 each in appreciation for their teaching excellence. In addition, the schools they represent each receive $100 for their school endowment. The list below reflects the awardees for the past three years.
Award Winners
| Lyndi Canfield | 2024 | St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School – Rio Rancho |
| Carmen Chavez | 2024 | St. Mary’s Catholic School – Belen |
| Rhonda Fernandez | 2024 | St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School – Rio Rancho |
| Cristina Gonzalez | 2024 | Annunciation Catholic School – ABQ |
| Carol Johansen | 2024 | St. Mary’s Catholic School – ABQ |
| Robin Kurth | 2024 | Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School – ABQ |
| Veronique Pacheco | 2024 | St. Therese Catholic School – ABQ |
| Rita Cordova | 2023 | Annunciation Catholic School – ABQ |
| Verna Helland | 2023 | St. Pius X Catholic High School – ABQ |
| Carolyn Love | 2023 | St. Therese Catholic School – ABQ |
| Elisa Machtinger | 2023 | St. Pius X Catholic High School – ABQ |
| Jennifer Murphy-Dye | 2023 | Holy Ghost Catholic School – ABQ |
| Eric Vigil | 2023 | St, Thomas Aquinas Catholic School – Rio Rancho |
| Katie Jane Widner | 2023 | St. Therese Catholic School – ABQ |
| Merita Wilson | 2023 | St. Mary’s Catholic School, Belen |
| Albonico, Nicholas | 2022 | St. Pius X Catholic School – ABQ |
| Davalos, Jane | 2022 | St. Mary’s Catholic School – ABQ |
| Lawton, Patricia | 2022 | St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School, Rio Rancho |
| Lutz, Carol | 2022 | Our Lady of the Annunciation Catholic School – ABQ |
| Murtagh, Christina | 2022 | St. Therese Catholic School – ABQ |
| Perea, Diana | 2022 | St. Pius X Catholic School – ABQ |
| Torrez Rivera, Evelyn | 2022 | Santo Niño Regional Catholic School – Santa Fe |
| Valenzuela, Gretta | 2022 | Holy Ghost Catholic School – ABQ |
| Wentworth, Mary | 2022 | Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School – ABQ |
CHECK BACK IN JANUARY 2025 FOR UPDATED NOMINATION INFORMATION
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