The instructions and the form for nominations are here downloadable in pdf format<\/a>, which can then be converted to an editable format. Please use the contact form<\/a> if you have difficulties or questions, or wish to receive the form in MSWord format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 2025 winner is Amanda Sherpe of Mullen High School in Denver!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Amanda is a Denver-based educator who the vibrant Latin program at Mullen High School. Amanda took the position at Mullen after earning her PhD at CU Boulder. Her students thrive in levels 1-4 of Latin, participating eagerly and with skill in interactive lessons that build a strong sense of community. Mullen students, parents, administrators, and colleagues value her passionate instruction, the richness of her curriculum, and the supportive and creative spirit which she brings to her interactions with students! Congratulations, Amanda!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Past winners of the award include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2023 \u2013 Karen Karppinen<\/strong> 2021 \u2013 Pierre Habel (D\u2019Evelyn Junior\/High School in Denver<\/strong>) 2020 \u2013 Frank Gumerlock <\/strong> 2019 \u2013 Amy Rosevear 2017 \u2013 James Bleys Kueck<\/strong> 2016 \u2013 Tim Smith<\/strong> 2015 \u2013 Lynn LiCalsi 2014 \u2013 Jim Broderick King<\/strong> The Colorado Classics Association annually awards the Teacher of the Year to a K-12 educator from the state who has demonstrated sustained and distinguished teaching in the field of Classics, and service to CCA and the broader Classics profession. The award brings with it a cash prize of $100. Nominations are due on the 15th […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1141,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/cca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/cca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/cca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/cca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/cca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":63,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/cca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1308,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/cca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/1308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/cca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/cca\/files\/2025\/04\/2025-ToY-Co-Presidents-1031x1085.jpg\"){kind=spacer}
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Karen is a Fort Collins-based educator who in 2003 founded Lone Pine Classical School, an online school offering Latin courses from level 1 through AP to homeschool students across the country. For 15 years she served as Lone Pine\u2019s director, GT and STEM coordinator, and teacher of Latin, math, and science. She currently serves as the GT coordinator at Colorado Early Colleges in Fort Collins. Karen maintains high expectations for her students\u2019 learning in both virtual and face-to-face classroom environments. She is organized and precise, but also warm and compassionate, encouraging her students to do their best work. Karen\u2019s National Latin Exam results are a testament to her students\u2019 high level of achievement: nearly 500 National Latin Exams taken, with 92% earning awards, and most of these gold or silver medals. Karen has been a dedicated and innovative leader of the Colorado Junior Classical League (CoJCL) for many years, serving as a co-chair from 2011 to 2018, and again starting in 2021. K-12 Latin teachers in Colorado are grateful to her for modernizing the convention registration process and for maintaining a commitment to the students who benefit from JCL, even under difficult circumstances during the Covid pandemic. Congratulations Karen!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/cca\/files\/2023\/05\/20230429_195546-849x1085.jpg\")
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Pierre has taught Latin at D\u2019Evelyn since 1997, where his students have had tremendous success on the National and AP Latin exams. Pierre is a passionate and creative teacher, invested in innovative approaches like CI (Comprehensible Input) and Rassias Method pedagogy, and draws from his experience with spoken Latin gained as a frequent participant in Biduum Coloratanum. Outside of the classroom, Pierre has been a passionate advocate for Classics in Colorado for over two decades. In the late 1990s and 2000s, Pierre was a leading force in the Colorado Junior Classical League (CoJCL), serving two terms as Co-Chair and leading Colorado\u2019s delegation to the National JCL convention five times. Colleagues fondly recall his advice and encouragement when starting CoJCL chapters at their own schools. Incredibly, after serving as Co-President of the Colorado Classics Association (2014-16), Pierre was willing to return as both Vice President (2018-20) and, currently, Secretary. In 2019 he also wrote the invaluable guide \u201cEmployment and Licensure in Colorado for Latin Teachers,\u201d featured on the CCA\u2019s website. This award is only the most recent in a string of distinctions that Pierre has received for his teaching, beginning with a Boettcher Foundation Teacher Recognition Award in 2001.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/cca\/files\/2022\/10\/20221017_100545_1666022982662-1085x814.jpg\")
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(Holy Family High School in Broomfield)
<\/strong>Frank has been teaching Latin since 1995 and at his current school since 2003. A teacher known for combining a contagious enthusiasm for Latin with results-oriented academic rigor, Frank has overseen a tripling of enrollments, as he did in his previous position at Doherty High School (Colorado Springs). Frank is a model of engaged teaching, keeping Latin visible at his school by encouraging his students to perform Latin-language cheers at events, overseeing engaging video projects, and making recitation a key element of his classes. He is also an invaluable member of the greater Colorado Classics community, having served three times as an officer of the CCA and bringing a team for over twenty years to compete in certamen<\/em> at the CJCL convention, an organization for which he was the co-chair from 2014-2018. An active scholar (St. Louis University Ph.D 2004), 2019 saw the release of Frank\u2019s latest contribution to the Commentary Series of the Teaching Association for Medieval Studies (TEAMS): a volume<\/a> containing translations of early ninth-century works on the Book of Revelation by Theodulf of Orleans and Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel, two theological advisers to Charlemagne.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/cca\/files\/2019\/04\/Rosevear-e1556640102494-610x1085.jpg\")
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(Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village)
<\/strong>Amy has built up her school\u2019s Latin program from a single part-time instructor to a full- and part-time position, and she even added AP Latin. She has, inter multa alia<\/em>, been a CCA officer twice, is active in CJCL, serves on the ACL\u2019s Board of Governors, and has won CAMWS\u2019s Mason Award. One example of her innovative teaching is having AP students conduct a mock trial of Julius Caesar for his imperialist activities in Gaul while they read de Bello Gallico<\/em>.
Amy also received a 2019 Award for Excellence in Precollegiate Teaching<\/a> from the Society for Classical Studies (SCS), which is only granted to three outstanding teachers of Latin, Greek or Classics at the K-12 level in the United States or Canada every year. Read the SCS\u2019s statement here<\/a>. More recently, Amy received a 2024 Merens\/Meritus\/Merita Award<\/a> from the American Classical League.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/cca\/files\/2018\/07\/20170225_125736-e1533054567161-610x1085.jpg\")
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The Classical Academy High School, Colorado Springs<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/cca\/files\/2018\/07\/20171021_113644-e1533054391428-610x1085.jpg\")
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Ridgeview Classical School, Fort Collins<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/cca\/files\/2018\/07\/20150425_105059-e1533054475374-610x1085.jpg\")
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(Fairview High School in Boulder)
<\/strong>Lynn has gone on to receive a 2020 Award for Excellence in Precollegiate Teaching<\/a> from the Society for Classical Studies (SCS), which is only granted to three outstanding teachers of Latin, Greek or Classics at the K-12 level in the United States or Canada every year. Read the SCS\u2019s statement here<\/a>. Additionally, Lynn was awarded the 2019 Kraft Award for Excellence in Secondary School Teaching<\/a> from the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS). Read CAMWS\u2019s statement here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Regis Jesuit High School, Denver<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"