Medal for Excellence Winners

The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence announced today the winners of its Oklahoma Medal for Excellence awards honoring five outstanding educators in Oklahoma’s public schools.

The prestigious awards will be presented at the foundation’s 24th annual Academic Awards Banquet on May 22 at the Renaissance Tulsa Hotel and Convention Center.

Each of the five winners will receive a $5,000 cash prize and a glass “Roots and Wings” sculpture, designed by the late Oklahoma artist Ron Roberts and produced by Jim Triffo of Oklahoma City. Medals are awarded annually to outstanding Oklahoma teachers, one each at the elementary, secondary, community college/regional university and research university levels. In addition, the foundation will present a Medal for Excellence to an exceptional administrator from the elementary or secondary level.

The 2010 Medal for Excellence winners are:

Diane Reece, Bokoshe Elementary School, (elementary level), BOKOSHE

Dr. Randy M. Baker, Putnam City North High School, (secondary), OKLAHOMA CITY

Audrey Schmitz, Northern Oklahoma College, (regional university or community college), TONKAWA

Dr. David A. Sabatini, University of Oklahoma, (college/university), NORMAN

Terry E. Davidson, superintendent of Comanche Public Schools, (administration), COMANCHE