Eleanor M. Johnson Award

The Eleanor M. Johnson Award recognizes an outstanding elementary classroom teacher of reading/language arts. The award honors Eleanor M. Johnson, founder and editor-in-chief of Weekly Reader, who died in 1987. It carries a US$1,000 prize supported by a grant from Weekly Reader Corporation.

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Award Recipients

2008
Sarah Lichtel

2007
Erin Jurand

2006
Linda Ridgway

2005
Linda Hennen

2004
Margaret Hudson

2003
Diane Fortuna

2002
Mary Ann Fenn

2001
Donna Bradley

2000
Charlotte Streit

1999
Vicki Altland

1998
Gloria McLean

1997
Tamara Durbin Higgins

1996
Kathleen Paonessa Roth

1995
Joan F. Smith

1994
Marcia Allen

1993
Linda Sittig

1992
Anne Board

1991
Jocelyn K. Makulehua

1990
Hilary Ferguson