Monday, October 11, 2010

Congratulations, Lorraine!!

Lorraine Roettges
Teacher of the Year - 2010
Atlantic Beach Elementary

For the past two years, I have had the privilege of working alongside a wonderful human being who is incredibly talented and extremely concerned about our children's music education.  She is an itinerant music educator in Duval County which means she splits her time between two schools.  Her main school is Atlantic Beach Elementary but on Mondays, we are blessed to have her here at Chets Creek.

Lorraine is a classically trained musician that plays the flute and piccolo.  She has performed with numerous ensembles throughout her career including the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, The Savannah Symphony, The Sarasota Opera Company, New York Gilbert and Sullivan and the Eastern Music Festival Orchestra.  She is a strong advocate for arts education and founded "Project Listen" through the Riverside Fine Arts Association.  Lorraine is married to Les Roettges, principal flutist of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra.

I have grown to love Lorraine as a musician and friend.  She is an inspiration to me and I am so glad her colleagues chose her for "Teacher of the Year" at ABE.  This honor is a testimony to her dedication, her love of music and her willingness to share her passion with others.

Congratulations, Lorraine! I am proud to call you friend.

Until next time...

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you Mrs. Tamburrino for sharing this great news with our school! We are proud of Mrs. Lorraine! Our kids are enjoying reading your blog. :) Check out their comments coming soon!!
Thomson/McLeod :)

Anonymous said...

WW and TW from Thomson,McLeod second grade class are so exited for miss Lorine!

Anonymous said...

YP and BA from second grade Miss Thomson and Mrs.McLoed's class!YP is exited for Mrs.Lorraine being a music teacher in our school!BA is exited about Mr.Lorraine being the teacher of the year!

Anonymous said...

JS PB from Miss Thomson & Mrs.McLeod 2 grade congratulations lorraine have great year!

Anonymous said...

AS from miss thomsom and mrs. mcleod 2grade love the things that are like a drum i did them last year it was realy fun to play muisic!!! HB from 2nd Miss Thomson/Mis.Mcleod love muisic it,s fun to rock and roll with you we are ixitidid to do are play are song for crismus.:] :] :]

T-Cubed said...

Ms. Lorraine ROCKS! I sat in on a class during resource, and it was a blast!

Suzanne said...

Congratulations to Lorraine!