District-Wide Winners Honored At Teacher Banquet

Nearly 200 educators were honored at the annual KCS Teacher of the Year banquet at the Knoxville Convention Center on February 28.

Each district school had teachers represented at the banquet, and district-wide winners were also recognized for each grade band.

Recipients were nominated by their peers and selected using the Tennessee Department of Education’s guidelines for Teacher of the Year.

The district-wide winners were:

PreK – 4^th Grade

Jill Wise
3rd-grade teacher
Mooreland Heights Elementary

 

5^th – 8^th Grade

David Gornto
6th-grade science teacher
Holston Middle

 

9^th – 12^th Grade

Rebecca Nutter
Social studies teacher
Bearden High

 

List of all winners

Region One
A. L. Lotts Elementary
Darby Allen
Allyson Hughes

Bearden Elementary
Beth Brewington

Blue Grass Elementary
Kelly Baker

Farragut Primary
Jessica Burkhart
Ruth Granroth
Lana Hsieh

Farragut Intermediate
Jamey Evans
Parker Miles
Ann Riddell

Northshore Elementary
Jessie Anne Compton
Kaci Hipsher
April Tomberlin

Pond Gap Elementary
Margaret Gray Kramer

Rocky Hill Elementary
Katie Groves
Rachel Harpole

Sequoyah Elementary
Monique Swafford

West Hills Elementary
William Bennett
Tammy Countiss

West View Elementary
Wendy Markwood

Bearden Middle
Emily Butterfield
Sade Rakestraw
Jeremy Troyer
Lauren Waldron

Farragut Middle
Courtney Bugica
Angela Duncan
Kimberly Mink
Rochelle Ramos

West Valley Middle
Christine Dawson
Amanda Varnes
Antoinette Williams

Bearden High
Jami Aylor
Lauren Migun
Rebecca Nutter
McKenze Schlosser
Martin Sierocinski Jr.

Farragut High
Erin Ashe
Al Fontenot III
Kelly Gruhn
Christopher McNeer
Taylor Watson
Rebecca Whitehead

West High
Riley Beck
Florence Fillers
Gina Hodges
Hannah Johnson
Nat Scott

Region Two
Amherst Elementary
Mariah Danzey
Alicia Deal

Ball Camp Elementary
LaRhonda Forsyth

Cedar Bluff Elementary
Natalie Cannon
Angela Childers
Kelly Coffey
Kelly Schippers

Hardin Valley Elementary
Sandra Guinn
Beth Johnson
Catherine Maestri

Karns Elementary
Nova Grove
Rosemary Newport
Carly Norman
Brooke Tucker

Norwood Elementary
Candice Clark
Vicki James

Pleasant Ridge Elementary
Hannah Gump

Powell Elementary
Sara Burditt
Dee Dee McGill

West Haven Elementary
Tish Welles

Cedar Bluff Middle
Dave Gorman
Lindsay Lewis

Hardin Valley Middle
Jessica Fielden
Angela Stokes
Mason Thornton

Karns Middle
Austin Bilbrey
Erin Bray
Rebecca Layton

Northwest Middle
Amelia Crotzer
Nicole Duke
Katie Erb
Paris Hoover

Powell Middle
Mehgan Fiorella
Philip Pardue
Jeremiah Sutton

Ridgedale School
Nicole Clack
Rebekah Sims Graham

Hardin Valley Academy
Brooke Bianchi-Pennington
Melissa Chambers
Charley Cook
Staci Parvin
Travis Quick
Maddie Warren

Karns High
Phillip Beeler
Anne Cook
Clayton Kennedy
Paula Kenney
Jacob Neblett

Powell High
Mary Lynn Berry
Rick Cathey
Hillary Limback
Chris Milligan

Region Three
Bonny Kate Elementary
Maranda Goddard

Carter Elementary
Emily Pannier
Amy Wilburn

Chilhowee Intermediate
Joanna Smith

Dogwood Elementary
Whitney Kee
Nathalie Murphy

East Knox Elementary
Kaitlan Brown
Gary Meade

Gap Creek Elementary
Jeff Johnson

Mooreland Heights Elementary
Jill Wise

Mount Olive Elementary
Sandy Hale

New Hopewell Elementary
Leah Preston

South Knoxville Elementary
Susan Parker

Sunnyview Primary
Jade Ewoldt

Carter Middle
Jason France
Tessa Hartness

South-Doyle Middle
Devyn Georgopoulos
Tonia Johnson
Jeremy Lorenz

Career Magnet Academy
Jill Shinlever

Carter High
David Collins
Marcia Fawver
Heather Wade

L&N Stem Academy
Karen Stanish

Kelley Volunteer Academy
Beth Sewell

South-Doyle High
Chris Davis
William Ehrenclou
Laurenda Hanks

Region Four
Adrian Burnett Elementary
Blake Byrd
Kenny Lewis

Brickey-McCloud Elementary
Brittney Barnett
Chelsie Lethgo
Megan Smits

Copper Ridge Elementary
Bonnie Bentley

Corryton Elementary
Melissa Biggs

Fort Sanders Education Center
Rachel Simmons

Fountain City Elementary
Jenny Kelly

Gibbs Elementary
Shannon Chancey
Michelle Nantz

Halls Elementary
Michael Blair
Megan Sarr

Inskip Elementary
Kristi Hall
Sherri Waller

Ritta Elementary
Stephanie Cook
Ryan Ibbotson

Shannondale Elementary
Bethany Williams

Sterchi Elementary
Amanda Carlton

Gibbs Middle
Lynn Berney
Lisa Ogle

Gresham Middle
Chris Barkley
Jennifer Caldwell
Cricket Prentiss

Halls Middle
Caleb Horner
Avery Padgett
Nathan Sherrod

K.A.E.C.
Jordyn Black

Central High
Rich Morgan
Ryan Roach
Sarah Toll
John Valentine

Gibbs High
Todd Atkins
Jami Cherry
Carol Mitchell

Halls High
Steve Absher
Jeffrey Sharp
Emily Wright

Richard Yoakley School
Vivat Bangura-Shanks
Jesse Horton

Region Five
Belle Morris Elementary
Ashley Swaney

Beaumont Magnet
Belinda Holdernesse
Jolena Taylor

Christenberry Elementary
Heidi Knapczyk-Walsh
Anna Schnuck

Fair Garden Family Center
Pamela Hall

Green Magnet Academy
Jake Albright

Lonsdale Elementary
Claudia Abbott
Jennifer Zwakenberg

Maynard Elementary
Anitra Selmon

Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy
Danielle Beal
Johneshia Edwards
Traycee Maynard

Spring Hill Elementary
Janee’ Gordon
Laura Parkhill

KCS Virtual Elementary
Shelley Hill

Holston Middle
Joshua Brink
David Gornto

Vine Middle
Jana Cartee
Traci Maupin

Whittle Springs Middle
Jennifer Gore
Jamie Stapleton
Allison Watson

KCS Virtual Middle
Lynn Shuryam

Austin-East High
Ariel Hall
Izumi Murgolo
Jenna Watson

Fulton High
April Brooks
Shawn Callen
David Miller
Tiffany Nelson

KCS Virtual High
Emily Williams