Crystal Apple Award finalists announced

GARDEN CITY — Garden City Mayor, Roy Cessna and others from the Chamber’s Crystal Apple Award committee went around the community on Wednesday morning to surprise the six finalists for the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce Crystal Apple Award.

The Chamber’s Crystal Apple Committee is made up of representatives from the business community who look to help recognize the quality of the educators in Finney County.

The six finalists will then be observed by three additional Crystal Apple committee members in their classrooms without the teachers knowing the observers are coming in.

The list of six will then be narrowed down to three and each of them will attend the 2018 Crystal Apple Teachers of Finney County banquet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15 at the Clarion Inn in Garden City. The winner will receive an engraved crystal apple, $1,000 cash award and an iPad.  The three finalists will each earn a cash award of $250.

The Finalists…

Denna Welch-Haney, Abe Hubert Elementary

A’Lana Bates-Aronson, Horace Good Middle School

Sarah Drubinskiy, Charles Stone Intermediate Center

Sarah Harris, Victor Ornelas Elementary

Barbara Hilt, Garden City High School

Violet Dubois, Kenneth Henderson Middle School