The Foundation proudly announces 17 recipients of the 2007 Great Books Great Teachers award and three educators selected to receive a Lifetime Achievement award.  The teachers gathered in Chicago the first weekend of May to attend an awards dinner in their honor and to be the Foundation's guests at Great Books Chicago 2007, an annual cultural event for Great Books enthusiasts from across the country.

Verizon is a proud sponsor of the 2007 Great Books Great Teachers Awards.

Congratulations and thanks to teachers who truly make a difference.

    * Lori Anderson, fourth-grade teacher, Grove Avenue Elementary School, Barrington, IL
    * Laurie Bridge, multiage, third- and fifth-grade teacher, Yorkville Community Unit School District, #115, Yorkville, IL
    * Dee Carroll, seventh- and eighth-grade teacher, Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School, Melbourne, FL
    * Camilla Gagliolo, Instructional Technology Coordinator, Jamestown Elementary School, Arlington, VA
    * Abigail McKinnon, gifted (2–12), kindergarten, second- and third-grade teacher, Sarah Rawson Smith Elementary School, Atlanta, GA
    * Vivian Meador, fourth- and fifth-grade teacher, Talcott Elementary School, Talcott, WV
    * Kaye Muennink, kindergarten through fifth-grade teacher, Randolph Elementary School, Universal City, TX
    * Mary Murray, kindergarten through fifth-grade teacher, Prospect Mill Elementary School, Bel Air, MD
    * Joan Nelson, kindergarten through sixth-grade teacher Hans Christian Andersen Open School, Minneapolis, MN
    * Catie O'Boyle, seventh- through twelfth-grade teacher, Naperville Community Unit School District #203, Naperville, IL
    * Jennifer Platow, eighth-grade teacher, Theodore Gathings Middle School, Bronx, NY
    * Matthew Reif, Calverton Elementary School, Beltsville, MD
    * Peggy Savage, fourth- and fifth-grade teacher, Richmond Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA
    * Joanne Sawyer, third-grade gifted teacher, Taylor Mills Elementary School, Manalapan, NJ
    * Betty West, gifted and talented teacher, Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School, Miami, FL
    * Emily Williams, kindergarten and third-grade teacher, CS 61, Bronx, NY
    * Katy Young, fourth- and fifth-grade teacher, Cos Cob Elementary School, Greenwich, CT

Lifetime Achievement Recipients

    * Gary Schiappacasse, kindergarten through eighth-grade teacher, Woodland Intermediate School, Gurnee, IL
    * Karen Sheldon, district administrator and former kindergarten through twelfth-grade teacher, Northside Independent School District, San Antonio, TX
    * Sherry Watts, district administrator and former kindergarten through eighth-grade teacher, Rockville, MD