The Golden Apple Award is for teaching excellence. The 2006 Golden Apple Award Finalists for Pre-kindergarten through Grade 3 has selected three (3) teachers out of 30 from Evanston. Congradulations go out to those teachers. They are Randy M. Heite,Kingsley Elementary School-Kindergarten, Jane K. Stenson,Baker Demonstration School-Kindergarten, and Patricia A. Cleveland, Dewey Elementary School-Grade 3. The Awards selection committee consists of 90 Chicago Area educators. Two committee members will observe each of the 30 finalists in their classrooms and 10 will be selected as Golden Apple Award Winners. The winners will be announced in Mid-March and honored on May 13, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago and will be broadcast on WTTW/Channel 11. Each of the 10 winners will receive tuition free sabbatical at Northwestern University, a personal computer from Apple, $3,000, and membership in the Golden Apple Acadamy