ROCKWALL ISD, TX (March 31, 2014) Nineteen teachers—one representing each campus–have been chosen by their peers as the Rockwall Independent School District’s Campus Teachers of the Year. From these 19 teachers, RISD will select one Elementary and one Secondary Teacher of the Year to represent the district at the regional level.
The Teacher of the Year program is overseen by the Texas Association of School Administrators and involves a campus, district, regional, state and national level competition. In 2012, after being named the district’s Secondary Teacher of the Year, Rockwall High School culinary arts teacher Cody Hayes was selected as the Region 10 Secondary Teacher of the Year and subsequently named as a state finalist. In 2013, after being named the district’s Elementary Teacher of the Year, Pullen Elementary social studies teacher Julie Woodard was selected as the Region 10 Elementary Teacher of the Year and subsequently named as a state finalist.
On a local level, the Teacher of the Year program is a partnership between the district and several entities including the Breakfast Rotary Club which has championed the Teacher of the Year program and been the primary partner for well over a decade. Recent Teacher of the Year partners include Toyota of Rockwall who awards the district level winners with a lease on a Toyota Prius and the RISD Education Foundation who provides awards for each campus Teacher of the Year and provides monetary support for the Teacher of the Year Celebration.
This year’s Teacher of the Year Celebration will take place on Friday, May 9, at the Hilton Dallas Rockwall Lakefront. Each Campus Teacher of the Year will be honored and the District Elementary Teacher of the Year and Secondary Teacher of the Year will be announced. Underwriters for this event include Pogue Construction; SHW Architects; SSC Service Solutions; PBK Architects; Durham School Services; Abernathy, Roeder, Boyd & Joplin; Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & Sampson; and Horace Mann Insurance.
The campus winners are as follows:
Amanda Rochell Elementary: Brittany Seymore – 3rd Grade
Amy Parks-Heath Elementary: Kathleen Finan – Art
Billie Stevenson Elementary: Randi Kerby – 4th Grade Science
Celia Hays Elementary: Emily Moran – Music
Doris Cullins-Lake Pointe Elementary: Joyce Horton – 3rd Grade
Dorothy Smith Pullen Elementary: Kellie Simon – 5th Grade Science
Dorris A. Jones Elementary: Christy Strother – 3rd Grade
Grace Hartman Elementary: Elizabeth Trowbridge – Physical Education
Howard Dobbs Elementary: Pam Johnson – Special Education
Nebbie Williams Elementary: Lisa Timmermann – 6th Grade Math
Ouida Springer Elementary: Saraid Driskell – 3rd Grade Bilingual
Sharon Shannon Elementary: Tami Vaughan – 4th Grade
Virginia Reinhardt Elementary: Melanie Weir – 1st Grade
Herman E. Utley Middle School: Heather Anderson – Special Education
J.W. Williams Middle School: Mike McMahon – 7th Grade Science
Maurine Cain Middle School: Blaine Mountain – 8th Grade English/Language Arts
Rockwall High School: Julie McTaggart – Special Education
Rockwall-Heath High School: Amber Erwin – Special Education
Rockwall Quest Academy: Christy Epstein – Social Studies
Submitted by James VanDyke, Director of Marketing, Advertising and Multimedia, Rockwall ISD.
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