Gillespie “Golden Onion Award”

Longtime Walla Walla residents Dr. Mike Gillespie and his wife Sue recently established the “Golden Onion Award” to
provide school supplies, equipment and professional development funds to Walla Walla educators.

The “Golden Onion Award” will be presented annually to three district teachers representing elementary (P-5), middle
school (6-8) and high school (9-12) grade levels. Each recipient will receive $500 for use in their classroom or to better
their teaching skills.

The awards will be peer nominated and peer judged. Nomination forms are now available at the Walla Walla Public
Schools district office and the school district website: www.wwps.org. Nomination forms will be accepted for
consideration until May 1. Staff will be honored at the Back to School All Staff meeting. The Gillespie Teacher Development Fund is a component fund of the Blue Mountain
Community Foundation with underlying investment at Edward Jones.

Nomination Form (.pdf)

Recipients
First recipients to be named June 2011

Partners

• Blue Mountain Community Foundation
• Edward Jones