1997 - 2005 Awards
Other Past Awardees: 2005 - 1997

MICROSOCIETY Annual National Conference 
Real World Learning: Learning to Lead
Savannah, Georgia 2005

Stakeholder Category

The HEART Award Gary Heil
Sylvia Sanchez
Sageland Elementary School
El Paso, TX

The George Award for Outstanding Administrator Achievement 
Jim Candela
Michigan Department of Education
Lansing, MI

The George Award for Outstanding Coordinator Achievement
Angie Dalton
Birmingham Elementary School
Toledo, OH

The George Award for Outstanding Innovator Achievement 
Freeman Burr
Noah Webster Magnet School
Hartford, CT

The George Award for Outstanding Leadership Achievement 
Maggie Walker
Butler Elementary School
Savannah, GA

The George Award for Outstanding Parent Achievement
Tamara Franceschina & Carol Liebrich
Talbot Hill Elementary School
Renton, WA

The George Award for Outstanding Partner Achievement
Stephanie Johnson
Sun Trust Bank
Savannah, GA

The George Award for Outstanding Principal Achievement
Suzanne Downing
Myers Elementary School
Taylor, MI 

The George Award for Outstanding Teacher Achievement 
Mary Kay Katz
Arthur Eddy Academy
Saginaw, MI

The Evans Clinchy Award for Scholarship
Dr. Cary Cherniss
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ

The George Richmond "Voice and Choice" Award
Reverend Bernice King

The Tom Malone Lifetime Achievement
Dave Cronin
McDonough City Magnet School
Lowell, MA

Student Category

The George Award for Outstanding Business Agency
Rose Schaffer
Powell Middle School
Brooksville, FL

The George Award for Outstanding Venture
Kelly Sousa
Noah Webster Magnet School
Hartford, CT


MICROSOCIETY Annual National Conference
Real World Learning: Citizenship in Action
St. Petersburg, Florida 2004
 

Stakeholder Category

The HEART Award Gary Heil
Rachel Kharfen
McDonough City Magnet School
Lowell, MA

The George Award for Outstanding Administrator Achievement
Wendy Tellone
Hernando County Schools
Brooksville, FL

The George Award for Outstanding Community Partners Achievement
College Park Elementary School
Ocala, FL

The George Award for Outstanding Coordinator Achievement
Brenda Stokes
Butler Elementary School
Savannah, GA

The George Award for Outstanding Innovator Achievement
Francie Summers
Garehime Elementary School
Las Vegas, NV

The George Award for Outstanding Parent Achievement 
Sylvia Berry
Sageland Elementary School
El Paso, TX

The George Award for Outstanding Principal Achievement
Barbara Hires 
Maximo Elementary School
St. Petersburg, FL

The George Award for Outstanding Teacher Achievement
Sue Corry 
Gardendale Elementary School
Merritt Island, FL

Student Category

The George Award for Outstanding Agency Achievement
Legislature
Elmwood Elementary School
Monsey, NY
Rhonda Schaffer, Facilitator

The George Award for Outstanding Business Venture
Michigan Museum
Myers Elementary School
Taylor, MI
Tracy Henderson, Facilitator

MICROSOCIETY Annual National Conference
Real World Learning: Benchmarks for Excellence
Las Vegas, Nevada 2003Gary Heil

The HEART Award
Pam Coad & Donna Wilson
MICROSOCIETY
Sioux City, IA

The Partner Achievement Award
Gilbert Moreno
Sageland Elementary School
El Paso, TX

The Lifetime Achievement Award
George Richmond
MICROSOCIETY
Philadelphia, PA

MICROSOCIETY Annual National Conference
Real World Learning: Futures @ MICROSOCIETYGary Heil
Seattle, Washington 2002

The HEART Award
Triana Olivas
Sageland Elementary School
El Paso, TX

The Innovator Achievement Award
Andrew Ryff
Lyons Creek Elementary School
Coconut Creek, FL

MICROSOCIETY Annual National Conference
Real World Learning: Getting to the HEART of MicroGary Heil
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2001

The HEART Award
Dr. Harris Lewin
School District of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

MICROSOCIETY Annual National Conference
Real World Learning: Putting Academic Achievement First
Miami, Florida 2000Gary Heil

The HEART Award
Dr. Lew Gantwerk
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
and
Miriam Padreda
Dade County Public Schools
Miami, FL

MICROSOCIETY Annual National Conference
Real World Learning: Society Building in the Next Millennium
San Francisco, California 1999

The HEART Award
David McCarthy
Spencer Stuart
Claremont, CA

MICROSOCIETY Annual National Conference
Real World Learning: Raising a CommunityGary Heil
El Paso, Texas 1998

The HEART Award
Gilbert Moreno
Sageland Elementary School
El Paso, TX
and
Julie Keller
Sageland Elementary School
El Paso, TX

MICROSOCIETY Annual National Conference
Real World Learning: Breaking the Status Quo
San Diego, California 1997

The HEART Award
Melody El Amin 
Sherman MICROSOCIETY School
San Diego, CA
and 
Thomas Malone
McDonough City Magnet School
Lowell, MA