The Michigan History Foundation is pleased to offer continued recognition to all the outstanding teachers who have received an Odyssey Award since the program's 2000 inception.

• Discover the award-winning teachers' successful approaches to teaching Michigan history. Click "Lesson Plans from Odyssey Award Winners" in the column at right).

Odyssey 2009

Odyssey 2008

Mitch Lutzke - Williamston Community Schools
Darrin H. Silvester - Plymouth-Canton Community Schools
Anne Wade - Williamston Community Schools

Odyssey 2007

Debra Miller - Airport Community Schools
Christine Pasternak - Rochester Community Schools
Thomas Truscott - Potterville Public Schools

Odyssey 2006

Stephanie Dukus - Lake Orion Community Schools
John Penn - Haslett Public Schools
Patricia Salka - Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids

Odyssey 2005

Jennifer Goedtel - Troy School District
Jessica Reder - Bullock Creek School District (Midland)
Michele VanderVelde - Tri-County Area Schools (Sand Lake)
Thomas Wiltse - Airport Community Schools (Carleton)

Odyssey 2004

Ellie O'Donnell - Escanaba Area Public Schools
Rosemary Claus - East Detroit Public Schools (Eastpointe)
Kristie Clark - Bullock Creek School District (Midland)
Angela Kava - Kalamazoo Academy

Odyssey 2003

Catherine Bulera - N.I.C.E. Community Schools
David Follis - Camden-Frontier Schools
Barb Austin, Jan Dodge and Jeff Joneson - Harbor Springs Public Schools
Robert Ulrich - East Lansing Public Schools
Linda Williams - Independent Wayne County School

Odyssey 2002

Deanna Barcey - Waterford Public Schools
Linda Krauss - Olivet Community Schools
Sr. Marie Pauline Skalski - Diocese of Lansing
Barb Teahen - Howell Public Schools
Linda Yeager - Diocese of Lansing

Odyssey 2001

Alice Brobst-Walsh - Milan Public Schools
Kris Ely - St. Johns Public Schools
Beth Hanna - Berkley School District
Constance Pacioni - Utica Community Schools
Raenette Palmer - Petoskey Public Schools

Odyssey 2000

Linda Hamilton - Richmond Community Schools
Linda Kidd - Bloomfield Hills Public Schools
Pennie Morrison - Hazel Park Public Schools
Eric Petro - Albion Public Schools
Dorothy Runyon - Haslett Public Schools
Carol Trojanowski - Laingsburg Community Schools
Carol VanEck - Grand Rapids Public Schools

Updated 02/01/2010