CANTON – The Canton Professional Educators’ Association has awarded scholarships to four Canton City Schools’ seniors.
Receiving $2,000 Nathaniel Roberts Scholarships were Tooba Sindhu, a senior at McKinley Early College High School, and Henry Tobias, a senior at McKinley Senior High School. The CPEA $2,000 Samuel J. Dorto Jr. Scholarship went to Jalynn Daviduk, a senior at McKinley High School at the Timken Career & Tech Campus. The CPEA Yvonne Parks Scholarship went to Mariah McClain, a senior at McKinley High School.
Receiving the Canton Professional Educators’ Association $1,000 Memorial Scholarships were Carmella Danus; Blaise Donatelli, Zachariah Ketchum; Reise Klein; Caroline Kliem; Kylin Miles; Amanda Morton; Katherine Oliver; Elizabeth Ridings; and Nadia Watts-Jackson.
The Canton Professional Educators’ Association honored Karen Zutali with its 2025 Educator of the Year award at the recent CPEA annual spring banquet. Zutali is an instructional coach at Choices High School. She serves on the CPEA Executive Leadership Team as secretary.
Three additional nominees for CPEA Educator of the Year who were honored at the banquet were Tim Smith, math teacher at McKinley High School; Paula Waltman-Kliem, kindergarten teacher at AIM Academy; and Peggy Wagner, intervention specialist at Choices High School.
The CPEA “Community Partnership Award” was presented to the Be A Better Me Foundation, a community-based foundation whose mentoring program is designed for youths ages 11 through 17. Its tutoring program is students in third through 12th grade.
CPEA also recognized Officer Lamar Sharpe as its Layperson of the Year. Sharpe is the school resource officer and former assistant football coach at McKinley High School. Sharpe is a 24-year veteran of the Canton Police Department.
MALVERN – The Brown Local Board of Education recently unanimously approved hiring Christy Yeagley as the next principal of Malvern Elementary School. Yeagley, who teaches second grade at Minerva Elementary School, brings 19 years of teaching and leadership experience to her new role. Yeagley recently was recognized as Minerva Local School District’s Teacher of the Year. She is the lead language arts and ACE math lead teacher at Minerva Elementary.
Yeagley has a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from University of Mount Union and a master’s degree in educational administration from the American College of Education. She will officially assume her duties as principal Aug. 1, following the transition of current principal Danielle Hawk into her new role as superintendent of Brown Local Schools.
PLAIN TWP. – Plain Local Schools has earned an award of excellence from the National School Public Relations Association for its flagship publication, Eagle Nation Magazine.
NSPRA’s Publications and Digital Media Excellence Awards spotlight the best in school public relations, honoring high-quality publications, marketing materials, videos, websites and social media. The Award of Excellence is the highest distinction in each category, judged on both content and quality compared to peer submissions from across the country, according to a news release.
CANTON – The Ohio Christian Education Network, a ministry of the Center for Christian Virtue, has named Heritage Christian School a bronze level recipient of the inaugural Mike and Peggy Hartshorn Dignity of Life Award.
The Hartshorn Award honors K-12 schools that intentionally integrate pro-life values into their curriculum. The award is named for Mike and Peggy Hartshorn, leaders in the pro-life movement.
Heritage Christian School was recognized for taking meaningful steps to cultivate a pro-life culture within its school community through instruction, student engagement and support for life-affirming causes, according to a news release.
The school will receive a digital award seal and a commemorative plaque at the Center for Christian Virtue’s Essential Summit this fall.
