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Haddonfield Board accepts $31,342.49 from HET and honors district teachers, support staff
Summary
At its meeting, the Haddonfield Board of Education accepted a $31,342.49 check from HET to fund teacher innovation grants and recognized five teachers and multiple educational support professionals for district awards and county honors.
The Haddonfield Board of Education on June 3 accepted a $31,342.49 donation from HET to fund the district's 2025 teacher innovative grant program and used its commendations segment to recognize this year’s teachers and educational support professionals of the year.
The donation will fund teacher-led projects across all grade levels, HET representative Cathy Morris said. “I’m pleased to present this check to the Haddonfield Board of Education in the amount of $31,342.49 to fund the selected teacher innovative grant,” Morris said during the meeting.
The grants fund classroom pilot projects and materials district staff described as “cutting edge” and aimed at improving instruction and student engagement. Examples cited by district staff include an elementary xylophone for the music department, vertical whiteboards and Sphero Bolt robots for the middle school, augmented-reality tools for STEM, roller blades and safety equipment for physical education, an electronic drum set for music, updated biology lab equipment for safer and faster DNA processing, art-integration and cultural-studies materials, and Finch Robot Flocks to extend prior micro:bit programming work.
Assistant Superintendent Gino Priolo introduced the educator awards and described the selection process, which he said involves school-level teams of board members, teachers and parents who score nominations. “One of the best pieces of advice I had from a mentor ... is that the most important job that you're going to do is hire great people,” Priolo said while presenting.
This year's teacher honorees called out by district staff included Michelle Wojciechowski, Kathleen Woods, Christina Gaulting, Travis Thomas and David Scorsalino. District staff also recognized Educational Support Professionals (ESPs) including Brielle Aguelas (Central), Caroline Brown (Tatum), Dr. Carrie Heinzel (unable to attend), Hillary Detullio (Bradfield Middle School), and Deb (high school). Stacy Brown Bala was named the district’s Camden County Educator of the Year.
District presenters described the awardees’ contributions in student engagement, differentiated instruction, inclusion, reading intervention and extracurricular leadership. Priolo and others noted some awardees lead district committees, veteran assemblies and curriculum-related professional development sessions.
Board members offered brief thanks and applause. The awards and the HET grant were presented as recognitions and a donation; no formal vote was recorded in the meeting transcript.
Photos of the recipients and more detail on individual grant-funded projects were noted as part of the presentation materials shown during the meeting.
