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AATF Philadelphia is proud to recognize brilliance in its members and greater community. Year after year, individuals within the chapter, and those who support it, come together as an award-winning coalition supporting a passion for francophone cultures.
Joanne S. Silver, 2008
Barbara P. Barnett, 2007
Marilyn Conwell, 2006
Maria Traub, 2005
Catherine Lafarge, 2004
Nancy Gabel, 2002
Diana Regan, 2001
Pascale Davidson, 1998
Sister Mary Helen Kashuba, 1991
Mary Donaldson-Evans, 1989
Sister Mary Helen Kashuba
- Officier dans l’Ordre des Palmes académiques, 2012
- President of National AATF/Vice-President of National AATF
- PSMLA Frank Mulhern Leadership Award
- Professor of French and Russian at Chestnut Hill College
- National French Contest Administrator since 1978
- Former member of the Boards of Northeast Conference of Teaching of Foreign Languages (NCTFL) and American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
Barbara P. Barnett
- Dorothy S. Ludwig Excellence in Teaching Award, Secondary, 2009
Manda Clancy
- AATF Summer Study to Paris sponsored by the French Cultural Service, Summer 2006
Kathy Clark
- Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award, Immaculata University, 2002
Marilyn Conwell
- PSMLA Pennsylvania Educator of the Year, Post-Secondary, 2005
- Dorothy S. Ludwig Excellence in Teaching Award, Post-Secondary, 2004
Diana Regan
- Phi Sigma Iota, the International Foreign Language Honor Society at Rosemont College, May 2006
- Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars at Widener University, February 2005
Stephanie Schechner
- Bourse from the AATF & the French government, Stage pédagogique de courte durée, Summer 2004
Stephanie Schechner
- Bourse from the AATF & the French government, Stage pédagogique de courte durée, Summer 2004
Suzanne Stadnicki
- AATF scholarships for summer study in Quebec, Université de Montréal, 2007
Susan Blackburn
- AATF scholarships for summer study in Quebec, Université Laval, 2007
Joanne Silver
- Outstanding Chapter Officer, 2011
Rodney G. Taylor
- Dorothy S. Ludwig Excellence in Teaching Award, Middle School, 2009
Emily Wagner
- Northeast Conference Teacher of the Year Award, 2008
- PSMLA, Pennsylvania Educator of the Year, K-12, 2007
- Dorothy S. Ludwig Excellence in Teaching Award, Middle School Teachers, 2002
Rosemont College
- East Coast Center for the Centre international d’études pédagogiques DELF/DALF French Proficiency Exam, 2006
The grant is to be used by a teacher for a professional development opportunity/project.
Marianna Allen, 2021
Alyssa Davidson, Choral Director/Theater Arts Director ES/MS/HS, Jenkintown High School, 2019
Dan Weiss, Chestnut Hill Cheese Shop, 8509 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia PA, 19118, 2013
Jean Gessl, Parent Director of After School Language Program at West Vincent Elementary School, Owen J. Roberts School District, 2012
Diana Gormley, Head of Agnes Irwin Middle School, 2008
Widener University, 2007
Chestnut Hill College, 2006
Murray Savar, teacher of Music at The Agnes Irwin School, 2005
Dr. Steve Riggs, principal of Tredyffrin Easttown Middle School, 2002
Marietou Fanny, owner of La Crêperie Café, Philadelphia, 2001
Carolyn Veith, regional coordinator of AFS (cultural student exchanges), 2001