Sue Schoenfeld

Sue Schoenfeld has been a third-grade teacher for over 23 years. She has also served as garden club advisor at The Deane Porter School in Rumson, NJ, for the past 15 years, teaching children ages 7–9. In 2003 working with the Rumson Garden Club, Sue created a monarch butterfly garden in the courtyard of the school. She taught the children the importance of the role monarchs play in our ecosystems. As the program grew, she arranged trips for students and their parents to Mexico to take part in the Monarch Watch. Upon their return, students would share their experiences. Schoenfeld also pioneered the school’s recycling program by inviting the senior director of Monmouth County’s recycling department to speak to third graders as well as guiding field trips to the recycling center.