2004 National Teachers Award Winners

We proudly salute the winners of the 2004 Time Warner Cable 15th Annual National Teacher Awards. With these awards, we honor all teachers and hope the winners will encourage others to follow their lead, bringing enrichment and innovation to our nation's classrooms. Our judges reviewed each submission carefully and selected the top 20 exemplary K-12 projects. Congratulations!

Collinswood Elementary
Charlotte, NC

“Could Spongebob Squarepants be the next President of the United States?” - This election-themed project is a thematic unit in which third grade students learned several Social Studies concepts such as community, leadership, citizenship and government through a popular show from Cable TV. 

Grill Elementary School

Clinton, OH

“Kids Care for Critters” - The goal of this cross-curricular project for first grade students was to help the Summit County Humane Society take care of unwanted or abused animals by raising money and awareness. 

St. Joan of Ark Catholic School
Canton, OH

“Carnival of Numbers” - Students were required to research, design, plan and run a math carnival for the 6 th grade. 

Cedar Creek Elementary
Lee's Summit, MO

“Karst Topography and Cave Conservation” - Students (4-6) studied Missouri karst topography and limestone caves, then turned their classrooms into accurate limestone caves and offered tours to all students in their school. 

Tom Gregory

Gahanna Lincoln High School
Gahanna, OH

“Preserving Our Local History” - Students used “Save our History” programs, websites and education manuals to urge the school to establish a “Memory Lane” and to archive important documents relating to the history of the school. 

South Portland High School
South Portland, ME

“Healthy Living: A Student to Community Approach” - School-wide project to increase awareness of healthy living: nutrition, healthy lungs, strength and flexibility, stress management and volunteer work. 

Little Flower School
Cincinnati, OH

“No Easy Road to Freedom” - The unit featured lessons which brought the Underground Railroad to life through art, design, music, math and writing for 8 th grade students. 

Mesa Verde Middle School
San Diego, CA


“NASA's Science Fiction Superstars” - Based on information gleaned from various programs from the Sci-Fi and NASA channels, 7 th grade students created screenplays to then produce in small student groups. 

Myra S. Barnes Intermediate School
Staten Island, NY

“Your Mother Should Know” - Seventh and eighth grade students were given mini-lessons that included historical and cultural background of the musical group, the Beatles. The program featured a brief overview of the craft of the arranger and how pop music songs translate into band arrangements. 

Collinswood Language Academy
Charlotte, NC

“Welcome to Native America” - Fifth grade students researched way the Native American way of life, adaptation to environment and their contributions in music, arts and crafts. 

James Fenimore Cooper Elementary
Milwaukee, WI

“Helmets Happen Here” - Fourth grade students studied all aspects of helmet safety: helmet construction, usage, health benefits, impact on brain, and more. 

Lux Middle School
Lincoln, NE

“In Remembrance: Lest We Ever Forget the Lessons of the Holocaust” - Multi-faceted study of the Holocaust with 8 th grade students learning the history of the Holocaust; the importance of fighting apathy and indifference; and to see how one person can make a difference in our world. 

Kapunahala Elementary School
Kaneohe, HI

“Mochi Tsuke - Mochi Making” - Fourth grade students researched the Japanese tradition of mochi making using information from books, family interviews, internet websites and videos. 

McNeil High School
Austin, TX

“Civil Rights Movement” - Eleventh grade students used cable television and Internet resources to advance their study of the fight for civil rights in the 1950s and 1960s through first person knowledge. 

Lincoln Southwest High School
Lincoln, NE

“The Four Faces of Shakespeare” - Seniors viewed works by Shakespeare and wrote literary analyses on the plays and sonnets. After thorough research, the students performed a Renaissance Fair and a Court Masque.

Douglas Byrd High School
Fayetteville, NC

“A Smoke Free Lifestyle for Minority Teens” - Students (10-12) created scripts and story boards to promote a smoke free lifestyle, then produced a series of PSAs and aired them over the Community Access Channel. 

Lefler Middle School and Pound Middle School
Lincoln, NE

“A Walk Through History” - Students from two middle schools thoroughly researched a family story, person, place or event from American History using primary sources, documents, and exhibits to tell their story and presented their findings to the school and community. 

San Benito High School
San Benito, TX

“Child Abuse Prevention, Awareness and Intervention” - Media technology students (9-12) focused on a community service project to create awareness for Maggie's House, a child abuse prevention facility. The learning objective was to get community and schools involved through action and to donate needed items to the facility. 

Cooper Elementary School
Milwaukee, WI

“Sew Many Stories” - More than 150 students (1-4) worked cooperatively on creating quilts based on Reading Rainbow programs. Eighteen quilts constructed by the children were displayed at the school with the children explained the meaning of each quilt to fellow students and teachers. As a result of the project, many students were motivated to contribute blankets to the homeless. 

West Milwaukee Middle School
Milwaukee, WI

“Soldiers Home: Reclaiming Our History/Wall of Fame” - Eighth grade students wrote letters, created a video and spoke to the National Veterans Administration Board to help preserve the local Veterans Center. In addition, students researched WWII, the POW*MIA flag and its significance and the meaning of the Missing Man Table Ceremony. Local Veterans came to the school and performed the Ceremony and viewed the students Wall of Fame.

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