HPCF Golden Apple Award Nominations
On behalf of The Highland Park Community Foundation:
The Highland Park Community Foundation (HPCF) is now accepting nominations for the 2022 HPCF Golden Apple Award. The Golden Apple Award recognizes and celebrates outstanding teachers whose efforts demonstrate the impact that inspiring teaching has on children in the Highland Park/Highwood community.
Nominations for the 2022 Golden Apple Award will be accepted for full-time teachers currently working in North Shore School District 112, who spend most or all of their time teaching grades 6-8. Teachers must have completed four full years of teaching and commit to teaching for a minimum of two additional years in the Highland Park/Highwood community after receiving the Award.
Nominations for the 2022 HPCF Golden Apple Awards are due by 5 PM on November 17, 2021. To nominate a teacher for the HPCF Golden Apple Award, submit the nomination form that can be found under “Awards” on the HPCF’s website, hpcfil.org. Nominations are welcome and accepted from all community members including students, parents, colleagues, and administrators. Self-nominations are not permitted.
“All of us at the Highland Park Community Foundation are delighted to honor innovative and deserving educators for their exceptional work,” said Sara Sher, HPCF Golden Apple Selection Committee Chairperson. “As a former educator, I am extremely proud to chair the Committee. As a group, we are tasked with selecting one teacher each year, out of the many who are nominated, who has inspired academic achievement while enriching the lives of his or her students.”
After a year hiatus, due to the COVID pandemic, the HPCF Golden Apple Award is now in its eleventh year of honoring excellence in the teaching profession. The recipient of this prestigious annual award will receive a $2000 cash honorarium, a $500 gift card to the Apple store, and a Golden Apple statue. The teacher who earns the Award will be recognized by the school in which he or she teaches and at the district level. The Highland Park Community Foundation will also honor the recipient at its annual Grant Awards Reception.
To learn more about the Highland Park Community Foundation and its work, please visit: hpcfil.org.
About Highland Park Community Foundation:
The Highland Park Community Foundation was established in 1992 at the request of the City of Highland Park to build and maintain a permanent endowment fund. As the philanthropic heart of the community, the HPCF improves and enriches people’s lives with annual grants to nonprofits that provide educational, social service, and cultural programs for Highland Park and Highwood residents. The Foundation’s avowed purposes are to expand opportunities and address the unmet needs of the community – needs that are not met by governmental or other sources.
The Highland Park Community Foundation maintains GuideStar’s 2020 Platinum Seal of Transparency – GuideStar’s highest level of recognition in the nonprofit – and has received a 100 out of 100 rating from Charity Navigator through their Encompass Rating System.