GOLDEN ACORN AWARD RECIPIENTS

Each year our PTSA awards the Golden Acorn award to individuals in our school who have given outstanding, continued and dedicated volunteer service to the children and youth in our school community. This is an excellent way to honor our volunteers that have gone “above and beyond”! Award winners receive the Golden Acorn Award Pin and a special certificate from the Washington State PTA.  The Newcastle PTSA also makes a donation in the winners’ names to the Washington State PTA Scholarship Foundation, which provides scholarships to selected high school students entering post-secondary education. 

Nominees are evaluated on the criteria below, in overall service.

  • PTA: Service, Advocacy or Education through the PTA 
  • School: Volunteer work, Advocacy or Education in the School (non-PTA)
  • District: Service, Advocacy or Education district-wide to the school’s community
  • Community: Service, Advocacy or Education in the community (non-school/non PTA)

2024 Golden Acorn Award Recipients

Alice Kim, Bisa Meek

2023 Golden Acorn Award Recipients

Ellie Diaz, Mary Vickers, Yvette Blauvelt*

2022 Golden Acorn Award Recipients

Ali Bligh, Mary McGuire Brown, Marcia O'Donoghue

2021

  

2012

Jessica Anderson

Peter O'Donoghue

Sarika Sikka

  

Lani Pedersen

Kim Plowman

2020

  

2011

Heather Ackermann         

Nicole Anderson

Tammy Chin

Ram Sarma

  

Staci Schnell

Kim Sherman

Lisa Vold

2019

 

2010

Trisha Marshall           

Elysa Piha         

Allison Sweeney

 

Lynne Hepp

Edana Peacock

2018

 

2009

Khanh Dang

Angela Ursino

 

Heidi Furman

Carrie Frederick

Sarah Herr

2017

 

2008

Danielle Dixon

Eva Downs

Kate Lonning

Michelle Riley*

 

Janice Curl

Jennifer Ting

Heidi Wick

2016

 

2007

Yvette Blauvelt

Stina Fluegge

Eileen Rubenstein

  

Lynn Bisset

Kassandra Mitche

2015

 

2006

JuliAnne Diesch

Sangeet Kindra

Stefanie Williamson

 

Michele McKee

2014

 

2005

Meri Hartman

Chris Longfellow

 

Angela Morrison

Leslie Neighbor

Susan Person

2013

 

2004

Laura Derwin

Georgia Forchuk

Michelle Riley

 

Betsy Pendleton

Andra Swegle

 

*Honorary Life Membership Award.  This award is presented to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the growth and development of PTA through countless hours and many years of dedication and service to the school and community. This special recognition is a PTA’s “thank you” to those people for their tremendous gift of time, effort, and their strong belief in, work with, and support of PTA.