After 45.5 years in education, Donnan Stoicovy retired with 32.5 years as an elementary teacher and years of experience as both an elementary and middle school principal. Stoicovy has also worked as an independent school educator and as a Head of School at a small Quaker School for 3 years.
Stoicovy continues to be involved in Environmental Education as a Chair of the Advisory Council for Environmental Education in PA, a Board member for ClearWater Conservancy, Centre Outdoors, Chair of the Millbrook Marsh Advisory Council and Chair of the PA Project Learning Tree Steering Committee and the Colerain Center for Education, Preservation and the Arts. During her time as a school leader, Stoicovy helped to lead two schools to receive the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School recognition.
In retirement, Stoicovy has become a Pennsylvania Master Naturalist. Her goal is to continue to connect with students by being a volunteer naturalist at some of the local environmental education sites - Millbrook Marsh, Shaver’s Creek, Colerain Center for Education, Preservation and the Arts, and the Arboretum at Penn State. She is helping the Colerain Center for Education, Preservation and the Arts establish itself in the local community through engaging events, serving on their Board and working to make their strategic plan a living plan. As for civic engagement, Stoicovy continues to work with the Kettering Foundation to encourage deliberation in the classroom. She has done some writing in that area and participated in webinars. She also engages with other partners in the PA Department of Education's Advisory Council for Environmental Education as the Chair. She also is on the Steering Committee for Project Learning Tree.
"As a Milken Educator, I am privileged to stand shoulder to shoulder with such phenomenal educators. I am constantly inspired to continue to become an awesome educator (and learner). Congratulations to all of the Milken Educators! I am so pleased to be a part of such a prestigious group of dedicated educators. Thanks for all of the passion that you bring to educating all learners!
1974 Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, B.A., M. Ed. and ABD at The Pennsylvania State University
