Jody VanTine Outstanding Educator Award

The Jody VanTine Outstanding Educator Award was established to recognize distinguished educational contributions made by teachers in the Granville Exempted Village School District (GEVSD).

Jody was a second grade teacher in the Granville Exempted Village Schools at the time of her death in March 1985. During her brief career, Ms. VanTine was admired, respected, and loved by the many students whose lives she touched as a teacher, as well as their parents and the teachers and staff with whom she worked. This annual award commemorates the life and career of Ms. VanTine and recognizes teachers who embrace qualities such as a sense of caring for others, an ability to understand and respond to the individual needs of students, and a commitment to education. Moreover, nominees should have made a “significant and distinguished contribution toward the growth and education of students” in the GEVSD.

Click on the image below to see a gallery of past recipients.

Please congratulate the 2024 Recipients:

Dustin Grime & Jerod Smith

Past Recipients

2023 Derrick Fisher

2023 Lori Fuller

2022 Jessica Weaver

2021 Leslie Hopping

2020 Sean Felder

2019 Joshua Grischow

2018 Mariah Gibbs

2017 Jeanna Giovannelli

2017 Amanda Tucker

2016 E.B. Smith

2015 Jill Esh

2014 Jill Riggs

2014 Sara Sharp

2013 Jennifer Browning

2012 Cathy Bero

2011 Jana Von Dach

2011 Elizabeth Sabo

2010 Mary Lou Wagner

2009 Kirk Milleman

2008 Darla Pallante

2008 David Stewart

2007 Marty Bonar

2007 Sue Hoben

2006 Sue Mullinex

2006 Mark Smith

2005 Diana Jones

2004 Kris Meyers

2003 Dr. Julie Sherrill

2002 Cecilia Bodine

2002 Phyllis Weaver

2001 Carolyn Gamble

2000 John Krumm

2000 Terry Miller

1999 James E. Knapp

1998 Divena Smith

1997 Jean Gowans

1997 Priscilla Pfalzer

1996 Mary Jonaitis

1995 Ruth Ann Parsley

1995 Bridget Mills

1994 Don Pheneger

1993 Josephine Krause

1992 Noreen Pinkerton

1991 Ro Ghiloni

1990 Ken Woodring

1989 Peg Truman

1988 Anna Ackley

1987 Margaret Vessels