Elgin Heinz Award Winners
Mr. Daniel Carolin
2020 - Japanese Language Category
Teacher of Japanese Language and English
Kennedy High School
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ms. Junko Tanaka
2020 - Japanese Language Category
Teacher of Japanese Language
Clarendon Elementary School
San Francisco, California
Honorable Mention Awards
2019 - Honorable Mention Awardees
Mr. Lawrence Dubill, Hamburg High School, Hamburg, New York
Ms. Stacey Gross, Centennial High School, Illinois
Mrs. Ayano Shimojo, Kinser Elementary School, Okinawa, Japan
Ms. Waka Takahashi Brown
2019 - Humanities Category
Manager and Instructor for Stanford e-Japan
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Ms. Minami Honda Mata
2018 - Japanese Langauge Category
Teacher of Japanese Language
Ed. W. Clark High School
Las Vegas, NV
Ms. Catherine A. Mein
2018 - Humanities Category
Teacher of World History
B. Ballard High School
Huxley, Iowa
Ms. Yoshimi Yamagata Aoyagi
2017 - Japanese Language Category
Teacher of Japanese Language
East Chapel Hill High School and Chapel Hill High School
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Ms. Sarah Campbell
2017 - Humanities Category
Engish Teacher
Ketchikan High School
Ketchikan, Alaska
Ms. Naomi Funahashi
2017 - Humanities Category
Manager of the Reischauer Scholars Program
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Mr. Robert Clavelle
2016 - Humanities Category
Building Trades Instructor
Hartford Area Career and Technology Center
White River Junction, Vermont
Mr. Koichi Sano
2016 - Japanese Language Category
Teacher of Japanese Language
Abraham Lincoln High School
San Francisco, California
Mr. Yo Azama
2015 - Japanese Language Category
Teacher of Japanese Language
North Salinas High School
Salinas, California
Ms. Hiroko Darnall
2015 - Japanese Language Category
Japanese-English Dual Language Teacher
Thomas Dooley Elementary School
Schaumburg, Illinois
Ms. Saya McKenna
2015 - Humanities Category
Teacher of History and English
The Head-Royce School
Oakland, California
Mr. Tomokazu Morikawa
2014 - Japanese Language Category
Teacher of Japanese Language and Culture
George Washington High School
San Francisco, California
Ms. Lori Snyder
2014 - Humanities Category
History Teacher
Longmeadow High School
Longmeadow, Massachusetts
Ms. Yasuko Kawabata
2014 - Special Commendation Award
Japanese Host Nation Culture Teacher
Amelia Earhart Intermediate School
Okinawa, Japan
Ms. Sachiko Kono
2013 - Japanese Language Category
Teacher of Japanese Language and Culture
Anchorage School District
Anchorage, Alaska
Ms. Kathleen Krauth
2013 - Humanities Category
History Teacher
The American School in Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Mr. William Matsuzaki
2012 - Japanese Language Category
Middle and High School Japanese Language Teacher
St. Paul’s School for Boys
Brooklandville, Maryland