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Finalists named for 2017 Delaware Teacher of the Year

July 5, 2016

Twenty Delaware teachers are finalists for Delaware's 2017 Teacher of the Year.

Selected from among the 9,000 public school teachers in the state, the candidates were nominated by their districts or the Delaware Charter School Network because of their ability to inspire students with a love of learning, demonstration of professional traits and devotion to teaching. Already leaders among the colleagues in their buildings, each now has assumed a role representing educators in their districts or the charter network.

In October, one will take over the state title from 2016 Delaware Teacher of the Year Sandra Hall, a fourth-grade teacher from Smyrna School District.

The 2017 Teachers of the Year finalists are:

Appoquinimink: Olivia Suchanec, sixth-grade social studies at Meredith Middle
Brandywine: Wendy Turner, second-grade gifted and talented at Mt. Pleasant Elementary
Caesar Rodney: Melissa Rapp, ninth-grade social studies at Caesar Rodney High
Cape Henlopen: Melissa Dawson, first grade at Rehoboth Elementary
Capital: Michele Johnson, gifted and talented/library media specialist at Towne Point Elementary
Christina: Kristin Roberts, kindergarten through second grade special education at Bancroft Elementary
Colonial: Sarah Bateman, fourth-grade general and special education at New Castle Elementary
Delmar: Kristen Jones, middle school technology at Delmar Middle
Indian River: Melissa Grise, fourth-grade general and special education at Clayton Elementary
Lake Forest: Heather Melvin, first grade at Lake Forest North Elementary
Laurel: Erin Brennan, second grade at North Laurel Elementary
Milford: Julie Hickman, fifth grade at Mispillion Elementary
NCCVT: Jermaine Williams, culinary arts at St. Georges Technical High
Polytech: Dennis Haley, computer engineering technology at Polytech High
Red Clay: Holly Golder, eighth- and 12th-grade social studies at Cab Calloway School of the Arts
Seaford: Nikki Bean, first grade at Blades Elementary
Smyrna: Jennifer McCutchan, seventh- and eighth-grade music at Smyrna Middle
Sussex Tech: Vincent Colombo, science at Sussex Tech
Woodbridge: James Weiler, English language arts at Woodbridge High
Charter: Emily Eveland, second-grade English immersion at Las Americas ASPIRA Academy.

 

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