Pacesetter Award Nomination
Deadline is Third Friday in March
Click here to download 1-page PDF of Pacesetter Nomination form.
PACEsetters are individuals who have made contributions to a
particular school or the district and are evaluated on the
following areas:
• Commendable district/school accomplishments
• Above and beyond what is normally expected
• Special abilities that enhance student/school success
Whenever possible, nominations should include at least two letters of recommendations from persons other than the nominator. All nominations will be judged based on the material(s) submitted on and with this form. Attach extra pages to the nomination form if needed. Committee selection is solely based on the information provided by the nomination form and attached letters of recommendation.
Nominations should be submitted by 4 p.m., the third Friday of
March to:
PACEsetter Award Selection Committee
c/o CarolAnn Cole, Communication/Media Services
Ronald E. McNair Administration Building
8136 Groby Road, University City, Missouri 63130
or email PDF to ccole@u-city.k12.mo.us
Nominations may also be submitted via your nearest University City public school's main office, please be sure to address your sealed envelope as stated above and allow two school days for arrival to McNair building. Late nominations will be held for the following year.
New for 2010: The above form has been updated to allow use of the typewriter tool in Adobe Reader and completed form may now be submitted via email directly to ccole@u-city.k12.mo.us. Note: If you submit via email and do not receive a confirmation that the email was received, please presume that it did not go through, and submit a printed copy as well.
Printed copies of the nomination form are made available in public school offices as well as distributed through community sites such as the University City Public Library, Centennial Commons, City Hall, Police and Fire Departments near the nomination deadline.
New awardee(s) are announced during a springtime school board meeting and presented during the District's year-end Honorees & Retirees Reception.
For more information about this event, the selection process or to join the planning committee, email ccole@u-city.k12.mo.us or call 314/290-4019.
Past recipients include:
| 2008-09 | Beverly Brandt |
| Bryce Cooper (#2) | |
| Pearl Jones | |
| Jim & Marcia Loomis | |
| Judy Maffitt | |
| Marva Miller | |
| Diana Nichols | |
| Acme Price | |
| Byron Price | |
| Barb Reilly | |
| Howard Sallis | |
| Erica Tepper | |
| Cindy Thierry | |
| Jan Vieth | |
| Dr. Elizabeth Bender | |
| James Crowe | |
| Jeannette Dampier | |
| 2006-07 | Steven Baden |
| Ocie & Kim Bell | |
| Stanley Coleman | |
| Derrick Coley (#2) | |
| Bryce Cooper | |
| Lynne Glickert | |
| Shelley Shray | |
| UCHS Athletic Booster Club (Nancy Mozier, president) | |
| 2005-06 | Jay Burstein |
| Carrie Costantin | |
| Jean Ferguson | |
| Gina Hasty | |
| Carole Niere | |
| Jeffery Roberts | |
| Tony Taylor | |
| TREND (Bella Quintal) | |
| United Black Drag Racers (Darrell Williams) | |
| U. City in Bloom (MaryAnn Shaw) | |
| Ewald Winkler | |
| Writer’s Room Coaches (Sandy Marsh & Sigrid Renner) | |
| 2004-05 | Elaine Alexander |
| Kim Deitzler | |
| Dominic Geinosky-Pioter | |
| Michelle I. Gralnick | |
| Margaret Williams | |
| 2003-04 | Nancy Burstein |
| Mary Ellen Campbell | |
| Tom Campbell | |
| Traci Moore Clay | |
| CarolAnn Cole | |
| Lee Kincaid | |
| Su Schmalz | |
| 2002-03 | Emily Hopkins |
| Shari LeKane-Yentumi | |
| Sandy Marsh | |
| Carol Roberts | |
| Mary Schuman (#2) | |
| Brenda Stobbe | |
| Emmanuel Yentumi | |
| 2001-02 | Ira Berkowitz |
| Don Congleton | |
| Dawn Fels | |
| Quentin Freeman | |
| Carolyn Hellmuth | |
| Barbara Newcomer | |
| Patricia Parks | |
| Marilyn Phillips | |
| Calla Smorodin | |
| LaRita Hayes Wright | |
| 2000-01 | Nancy Baglan |
| Richard Chase | |
| Dr. Monica Coffey | |
| Bob Elgin | |
| Faye Keyser | |
| Shari Lekane-Yentumi | |
| Helen McClenahan | |
| Su Schmalz | |
| 1999-2000 | Ponchita Argieard |
| Ellen Bern | |
| Family Medicine of St. Louis (Fred Rottnek) | |
| Linda Fried-Ellis | |
| Ted Humphrey | |
| Wallace Klein | |
| Ken Wilson | |
| 1998-99 | Derrick Coley |
| Kathy Freese | |
| Linda Kraft | |
| Mary Ann Shaw | |
| Lisa VanAmburg | |
| 1997-98 | Beatrice Blackshear |
| David Cooperwood | |
| Laurie Falk | |
| Sharon Knuckles | |
| Fred Rottnek, M.D. | |
| 1996-97 | Amanda Gordon |
| Katie Krause | |
| Lewis Meyerson, M.D. | |
| Tony T. Taylor | |
| 1995-96 | Robert Case |
| Nancy Cohen | |
| Linda Locke | |
| Robert Moss | |
| Kimberly Parker | |
| Paul Schoomer | |
| Suzanne Schoomer | |
| Bernard Young | |
| 1994-95 | Velma Conrad |
| Barbara Wall Fraser | |
| Mary Hall | |
| Mary Sampson | |
| Mary Schuman | |
| Recognition of Accomplishment Awardees | |
| (Predecessor to the PACEsetter Award) | |
| 1993-94 | Albert Brown |
| Dr. Victoria Gonzalez-Rubio | |
| Susan White | |
| Evelyn Williams | |
| Glenda Young | |
| 1992-93 | Mark Brooks |
| Roger CayCe | |
| Bruce Collins | |
| Warren Danziger | |
| Gloria J. Davis | |
| Elaine Hays | |
| Cynthia Moore | |
| Navy Construction Battalion, Hospital Unit 22 | |
| Su Schmalz | |
| Alison Strunk | |
| 1991-92 | Nicki Black |
| Annette Hudson | |
| Monica Matheny | |
| 1990-91 | Larry Mass |
| Clara McCrary | |
| Jack Wiegers | |



