{"id":35565,"date":"2025-10-11T17:39:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T17:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/?p=35565"},"modified":"2025-10-11T19:19:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T19:19:33","slug":"optimi-st-c-lub-intermediate-school-outstanding-teacher-awards-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/?p=35565","title":{"rendered":"OPTIMIST CLUB INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL Outstanding Teacher Awards – 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jillian Martinez (Left) Melissa Fahy (Right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Left to Right (Back Row) – Martin Gulino, LaNova Schall, Superintendent Dr. Raymond Gonz\u00e1lez, Brian Gechtman and Vic Mankoski Left to Right (Front Row) Jillian Martinez and Melissa Fahy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Optimist Club Intermediate School Outstanding Teacher Award was established in 1998 to give recognition and credit to distinguished intermediate school teachers who are dedicated to providing an educationally stimulating and supporting environment during this critical stage of adolescence and to recognize the nobility of the teaching profession. The 27th annual award will be presented to Jillian Martinez, Spanish teacher, Edison Intermediate School and Melissa Fahy, Science teacher, Roosevelt Intermediate School. The recipients were announced at a Board of Education meeting in May and invited to an Optimist Club award dinner at Echo Lake Country Club in September. The criteria for recipients of this award are outstanding teaching, interest in children, dedication to teaching and continued pursuit of professional growth. A committee of Optimist Club members Maria Fuentes, Martin Gulino, Gene Jannotti and Vic Mankoski, Superintendent Raymond Gonz\u00e1lez, Edison principal LaNova Schall and Roosevelt principal Brian Gechtman, selected the 2025 award recipients. The recognition includes a cash grant award to further professional growth or to enhance classroom experience for students and a plaque presented to the recipient at an Optimist Club dinner.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Optimist Club mission and purpose as a \u201cFriend of Youth\u201d is to support the positive development of children,\u201d says Optimist Club President Darielle Walsh. \u201cWe are proud to provide resources for this meaningful annual award that recognizes the dedication and achievements of our intermediate school teachers.\u201d The Optimist Club is a not-for-profit service organization that supports youth and the community. For additional information go to www.westfieldnj.com\/optimist<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Optimist Club Intermediate School Outstanding Teacher Award was established in 1998 to give recognition and credit to distinguished intermediate school teachers who are dedicated to providing an educationally stimulating and supporting environment during this critical stage of adolescence and to recognize the nobility of the teaching profession. The 27th annual award will be presented […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"post_flags":[],"class_list":["post-35565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-westfield-local"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35565"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35618,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35565\/revisions\/35618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35565"},{"taxonomy":"post_flag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_flags&post=35565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}