KCS Honors Teachers Of The Year

Nearly 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

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

A full list of winners is below:

Region One

1. 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

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