Elgin Heinz Award Winners

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Mr. Daniel Carolin

2020 - Japanese Language Category

Teacher of Japanese Language and English
Kennedy High School 
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Ms. Junko Tanaka

2020 - Japanese Language Category

Teacher of Japanese Language
Clarendon Elementary School
San Francisco, California

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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

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Ms. Minami Honda Mata

2018 - Japanese Langauge Category

Teacher of Japanese Language
Ed. W. Clark High School
Las Vegas, NV

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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

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Ms. Sarah Campbell

2017 - Humanities Category

Engish Teacher
Ketchikan High School
Ketchikan, Alaska

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Ms. Naomi Funahashi

2017 - Humanities Category

Manager of the Reischauer Scholars Program
Stanford University
Stanford, California

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Mr. Robert Clavelle

2016 - Humanities Category

Building Trades Instructor
Hartford Area Career and Technology Center
White River Junction, Vermont

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Mr. Koichi Sano

2016 - Japanese Language Category

Teacher of Japanese Language
Abraham Lincoln High School
San Francisco, California

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Mr. Yo Azama

2015 - Japanese Language Category

Teacher of Japanese Language
North Salinas High School
Salinas, California

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Ms. Hiroko Darnall

2015 - Japanese Language Category

Japanese-English Dual Language Teacher
Thomas Dooley Elementary School
Schaumburg, Illinois

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Ms. Saya McKenna

2015 - Humanities Category

Teacher of History and English
The Head-Royce School
Oakland, California

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Mr. Tomokazu Morikawa

2014 - Japanese Language Category

Teacher of Japanese Language and Culture
George Washington High School
San Francisco, California

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Ms. Lori Snyder

2014 - Humanities Category

History Teacher
Longmeadow High School
Longmeadow, Massachusetts

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Ms. Yasuko Kawabata

2014 - Special Commendation Award

Japanese Host Nation Culture Teacher
Amelia Earhart Intermediate School
Okinawa, Japan

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Ms. Sachiko Kono

2013 - Japanese Language Category

Teacher of Japanese Language and Culture
Anchorage School District
Anchorage, Alaska

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Ms. Kathleen Krauth

2013 - Humanities Category

History Teacher
The American School in Japan
Tokyo, Japan

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Mr. William Matsuzaki

2012 - Japanese Language Category

Middle and High School Japanese Language Teacher
St. Paul’s School for Boys
Brooklandville, Maryland

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