At center, Archbishop Donald Wuerl stands with William Donahue, president of the Donahue Family Foundation, and the 10 Golden Apple teachers who were recognized for excellence and commitment to Catholic education during the second annual Golden Apple Awards Dinner May 13 at the Renaissance Washington Hotel. From left to right, are Betty Lynn Armsworthy, a fourth grade teacher at Father Andrew White School in Leonardtown; Mary Atkins, a second grade teacher at St. Peter School in Olney; Katherine Murphy, the religion department chair and social justice teacher at Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington; Lynn Hawkins, a kindergarten teacher at Holy Redeemer School in College Park; Joan Stevens, a ninth and tenth grade teacher at St. Mary's Ryken High School in Leonardtown; William Donahue; Archbishop Wuerl; Melissa Werning a third grade teacher and the reading coordinator at St. Elizabeth School in Rockville; Rita Curley, a seventh and eighth grade language arts teacher at Little Flower School in Bethesda; Ann Gillespie, a third teacher at St. John the Evangelist School in Clinton; Arlene Cronin, a kindergarten teacher at St. Mary of the Mills School in Laurel; and Kathleen Pappas, an eighth grade homeroom and middle school math and science teacher at St. Joseph School in Beltsville.