District Honors
Teachers Of The Year

Approximately 200 educators were honored at the annual KCS Teacher of the Year banquet at the Knoxville Convention Center on Tuesday evening. 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

Jessica Everitt
Computer Science / Career Exploration teacher
Hardin Valley Elementary 

5^th – 8^th Grade

Natalee Elkins
Performing Arts teacher
Holston Middle

9^th – 12^th Grade

Logan Peterson
Social studies teacher
Bearden High

 

A full list of winners is below:

Region One

A. L. Lotts Elementary

Amy Scheuer
Stacy Straus

 

Bearden Elementary

Lisa Cranston

 

Blue Grass Elementary

Emerson Silvestri

 

Farragut Intermediate

Pamela Czulewicz
Dacia Maxwell-Hix
Amy Stedhan

 

Farragut Primary 

Rhonda Hall
Heather Michele McAmis
Elizabeth Stewart

 

Northshore Elementary

Sarah Burton
Allyson Lall

 

Pond Gap Elementary

Holly Roberts

 

Rocky Hill Elementary

Natalia Erpenbach
Julie Shinlever

 

Sequoyah Elementary

Rachael Brantley

 

West Hills Elementary

Kelly Boyd
Mary Lynne Jones 

 

West View Elementary

Evelyn Napier

 

Bearden Middle

Corey Dugan
Steven Jones
Lisa Jones Sexton
Luz Martinez

 

Farragut Middle

Katherine Cornett
Lindsey Jordan
Brooke Partin
Caitlin Wood

 

West Valley Middle

Rebecca Garren
Michelle Swafford
Melinda Vartan

 

Bearden High

Beth Fauls
Nick Fout
Logan Peterson
Tyler Place
Autumn Suranofsky

 

Farragut High

Elizabeth Blankenship
Ben Collins
Ryan Linger
Chelsea Osborne
Laura Smithey
Abigail Swenson

 

West High

Kim Batkin
Laura Davis
Florence Fillers
Dustin Lyles
Sam McElfresh

 

Region Two

Amherst Elementary

Brittney Newton
Emily Spangler

 

Ball Camp Elementary

Karen Buehler

 

Cedar Bluff Elementary

Amy DiFranco
Laura O’Brien
Brooke Young

 

Hardin Valley Elementary

Jessica Everitt
Donnie Malone
Claxyton Moultry

 

Karns Elementary

Misty Dodge
Nova Grove
Rebecca McKee
Marti Van Patten

 

KCS Virtual

Alexandra Corkern
Anthony Gardner

 

Mill Creek Elementary

Ginger McNeeley

 

Norwood Elementary

Eric Aguilar
Monica Brown

 

Pleasant Ridge Elementary

Stephanie Miles

 

Powell Elementary

Joy Kay
Jennifer Melton

 

West Haven Elementary

Felicia Fowler

 

Cedar Bluff Middle

Maureen Schenk
Jessica Wise

 

Hardin Valley Middle

Sara Henderson
Mary Moore
Ani Roma

 

Karns Middle

Kendi Gilmore
Katherine Mosteller
Valerie Murrin

 

Northwest Middle

Brooke Craney
Heidi Hartwell-Fortner
Honey Lewis
Dennis McNulty

 

Powell Middle

Nicole Magee
Jessica Mitchell

 

Hardin Valley Academy

Brooke Bianchi-Pennington
Rudy Furman
Lisa Jacobs
Gerri Parker
Anne Thomas-Abbott

 

Karns High

Bethany Burnette
John Clugg
Kiley Heyward
Shawn Knapp
Brock Webster

 

Powell High

Joseph Caldwell
Diane Carcello
Alex Hibbett
Whittney Rowlett

 

Region Three

Bonny Kate Elementary

Margie Abbott-Weaver 

 

Carter Elementary

Dakota Marshall
Alejandra Mendoza Berry

 

Chilhowee Intermediate

Jason Wilder

 

Dogwood Elementary

Renee Ragle
Casey Shanklin

 

East Knox Elementary

Megan Carr
Amy Shipman

 

Gap Creek Elementary

Kalan Lancaster

 

Mooreland Heights Elementary

Sarah Hume

 

Mount Olive Elementary

Appen Lee

 

New Hopewell Elementary

Mitzi Burnett

 

South Knoxville Elementary

Jennifer Ramsey-Allen

 

Sunnyview Primary

Ali Umbarger

 

Carter Middle

Haley Kidd
Amanda Ramsey

 

South-Doyle Middle

Heather Kilgore
Mandy McNeely
Jennifer Sauer

 

Career Magnet Academy

James Anderson

 

Carter High

Hunter Grubb
Todd Pait
Jess Sherrod

 

L&N Stem Academy

Patrick Tiller

 

Kelley Volunteer Academy

Sarah E. Blakistone

 

South-Doyle High

Taylor Massey
Carolyn Walker
Erica Wolfenbarger

 

Region Four

Adrian Burnett Elementary

Amanda Comparato
Melinda Valentine

 

Brickey-McCloud Elementary

Brad Capps
Shanna Cole
Larry Israel

 

Copper Ridge Elementary

Deborah Magers

 

Corryton Elementary

Allison Patterson

 

Fountain City Elementary

Michelle Moore

 

Gibbs Elementary

Shelby Linginfelter
Naomi Stubblefield
Holly Whittle

 

Halls Elementary

Tracie Beeler
Brooke Suttles

 

Inskip Elementary

Zachary Morris
Samantha Peck

 

Ritta Elementary

Micaela Dodge
Elizabeth Ibbotson

 

Shannondale Elementary

Maegan Lay

 

Sterchi Elementary

Kelli Morelock

 

Gibbs Middle

Beth Petersen
Kelsea Ward

 

Gresham Middle

Maggie Burst
Lucie Gilot
Tyler Prohaska

 

Halls Middle

Marla Crossley
Tammy Harter Long
Dina Lane

 

K.A.E.C.

Abby Ketron

 

Central High

Joyce Galat
Jessica Keith
Nicole Milsap
Andrew Turner

 

Gibbs High

Greg Pomeroy
Jennifer W. Williams
Lauryn Zahn

 

Halls High

Mike Kerr
Heidi Moles
Doug Polston

 

Richard Yoakley School

Kyla Johnson
Hubert Roberson

 

Ridgedale School

David Farmer
William West

 

Region Five

Beaumont Magnet

Jessica Petree-Armstrong
Jessica Reiner

 

Belle Morris Elementary

Melinda Forgety

 

Christenberry Elementary

Amy Dockery
Susan Strange

 

Green Magnet Academy

Sara Comperry

 

Lonsdale Elementary

Lindsey Chapman
Morgan Hatcher

 

Maynard Elementary

Lucille Wheaton

 

Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy

Terri Barlowe
Samantha Bolton
Megan Wallace

 

Spring Hill Elementary

Trey Lemmings
Karma Sherk

 

Holston Middle

Natalee Elkins
Katrina Whipple

 

Vine Middle

Lisa Krause
Adam Wilburn

 

Whittle Springs Middle

Vincent Cariddi
Kassandra Skinner

 

Austin-East High 

Jessica Allen
Glenda Crawford
Skikila Smith

 

Fulton High

Kasi Gooch
Taralee Johnson
Ashley Limbaugh
Summer Roark

 

Preschool

Cedar Bluff Preschool

Molly Schmitt 

 

Fair Garden Family Center

Pamela Hall

 

Fort Sanders Educational Development Center

Amy Levy

 

Karns Preschool

Corinne Maas