2025 North Dakota Elementary Principal of the Year
Jenell Bear, New Town Public School
2024-25 NDAESP Award Winners
Bell Ringer Award: Greg Dobitz, Thomas Gruchow, Matt Sundahl
Golden Apple Award: Chad Clark, Andree Hayes
Regional Principal of the Year and NDP Candidates: Tonya Brenner, Jenell Bear, Kristin Mitchell, Jackie Bye, Cheryl Janssen, Danielle Bosse, Erin Huber, Kelly PIerce
North Dakota Assistant Principal of Year: No Eligible Nominees
Service to Children Award: Jolyn Bergstrom, Cindy Cook, Tammy Greenfield, Sherry Schmidt
North Dakota Principal of the Year: Jenell Bear, New Town
2024-2025 Nomination Forms
The NDAESP is currently collecting nominations for Service to Children, Quarter Century, Golden Apple, and Bell Ringer awards.
Please send your nomination forms to Kendo Carlson at kendo.carlson@minot.k12.nd.us
The forms don’t take long to fill out. Please see the attachments (pdf and word document formats for your preference) for the criteria, to nominate, and to see who won in the past. Nominations for these awards are due January 10.
Please honor those who have been of great service to the field of education by nominating them for these distinguished awards!
Bell Ringer Award Nomination Form (Word) (PDF)
Golden Apple Award Nomination Form (Word) (PDF)
Past Winners
Past Winners (Updated December 2024)