2022 Excellence In Teaching Awards

Every year these awards provide an opportunity for teachers from across the Hills Shire to receive recognition and encouragement in front of their own family, peers and the community. Recipients are nominated by their school principals for their tremendous contribution to their schools within our local Hills Shire community.

This years awards, presented by President Raymond Wooster of the Castle Hill Rotary Club at St Joseph’s in Baulkham, Hills, celebrated the 20th year since the program’s inception by the club in 2002. These awards are unique to the Castle Hill Rotary Club and are an important part of our commitment to recognising key vocations within our community.

Please join us in celebrating these outstanding teaching professionals.

The 2022 award winners are…

  • Wendy Hendrich: Castle Hill High School

  • Clarissa Greenhalgh: Castle Hill High School

  • Donna Gillis: Oakhill College, Castle Hill

  • Sarah Yassa: Baulkham Hills High School

  • Frank Iaconis: Baulkham Hills High School

  • Veronica Verdi: Gilroy Catholic College, Castle Hill

  • Tahlia Silcock: St Gabriel's School, Castle Hill

Listen!

We meet Clarissa Greenhalgh, Head of English at Castle Hill High School.

We learn about the Foundations of English program, why her many non English speaking background students need it, the benefits it bestows and how they are measured.