The New Hanover County Board of Education announced its full list of educators of the year for each school in the county, which included former Wrightsville Beach Elementary School principal MaryPaul Beall, who was nominated for principal of the year for her work at Isaac Bear Early College High School.
Educators honored include Wrightsville Beach Elementary School second-grade teacher Hanna Barkley, who was profiled in Lumina News on Feb. 11. Other local teachers nominated for educator of the year include Bradley Creek Elementary School kindergarten teacher Rebecca Stockard, Eaton Elementary School kindergarten teacher Lora Crowley, Nobel Middle School social studies teacher William Graham, Hoggard High School Spanish teacher Christi Lea and Laney High School math teacher Sharon Williams.
All of the educators will be honored during a June 8 banquet at Ashley High School, where the county’s teachers of the year will be announced for each level and for overall teacher of the year. The 2016-17 Overall Teacher of the Year will be provided a new Prius to drive, courtesy of Hendrick Toyota of Wilmington.
Additionally, the school board said two of its educators are among six state finalists for North Carolina Virtual Public Schools E-Learning Coordinator of the Year award. New Hanover County schools provide online learning opportunities for students at the secondary level.
Lori Herring, E-learning advisor at Hoggard High School and Kristy Prokop, of the Career Readiness Academy at Mosley Performance Learning Center and Isaac Bear Early College, were nominated for the statewide award.
“This recognition appropriately reflects the endless hours these individuals have spent helping students succeed,” said Wendy Kraft, NHCS Supervisor of Online Learning and 2015 ELA of the Year.
Winners:
Teachers of the Year:
Jessica Williams, Alderman
Crystal Jones, Anderson
Sandra Cecelski, Ashley
Elizabeth Keyser, Bellamy
Amy Coderre, Blair
Rebecca Stockard, Bradley Creek
Jessica “Blair” Williams, Carolina Beach
Michael Jeffreys, Castle Hayne
Melinda Durant, Codington
Kaitlin Purrazzella, College Park
Linda Maxey, College Rd Early Childhood Center
Lora Crowley, Eaton
Mary “Caitlin” Fischetti, Forest Hills
Ruth Pitstick, Freeman
John Pellizzari, Gregory
Christi Lea, Hoggard
Nathanial Culp, Holly Shelter
Cheryl Toney-Jones, Holly Tree
Dayna Hibbetts, Howe Pre-K
Michael Kelly, Isaac Bear
Annah Reese, Johnson
Denise Fowler, Lake Forest
Sharon Williams, Laney
Kimberly “Paige” Voorhees, Mosley/Career Readiness
Andrea Newby, Murray
Brittany Brown, Murrayville
Lana Latham, Myrtle Grove
Kylee Maarschalk, New Hanover
William Graham, Noble
Kelly Balcome, Ogden
Christopher Walters, Parsley
Shenicka Smith, Pine Valley
Joel Kay, Roland-Grise
David Rutledge, Snipes
Erin Redmond, Sunset Park
Diana Woodlock, Trask
Jeremy Buie, D.C. Virgo
Dawn Silika, M.C. Williams
Laura Butler, Williston
Deborah Jones, Wilmington Early College
Donna Haucke, Winter Park
Samantha Keller, Wrightsboro
Hanna McMurry, Wrightsville Beach
Principal of the Year Nominees:
MaryPaul Beall
Amy Oots
Steven Sullivan
