Gwinnett County Teacher of the Year: List Narrows to 25

Gwinnett  County has just narrowed down the teacher of the year candidates to 25.  The process is a rigorous one in which nominated teachers write essays, get interviewed and have their teaching evaluated. The finalists and eventual winner will be announced November 4 at the teacher of the year banquet that honors every teacher for each school who won. Here is a list from the GCPS website of this years winners.

 For more information on the teacher of the year selection, click here.

Elementary Level:

Hope Abraham

of Corley Elementary- 3rd Grade Teacher

Julie Bailey-Wegner

of Mulberry Elementary- 5th Grade Teacher

Kelli McGinnis Boudreaux

of Freeman's Mill Elementary- 5th Grade Special

Education Teacher

Earl Bushman

of Stripling Elementary- Gifted Education and Enrichment Teacher

(Grades 1-5)

Judy Camp

of Peachtree Elementary- 5th Grade Teacher

Farrah T. Jones

of Cedar Hill Elementary- Music and Chorus Teacher

Heidi Jones

of Craig Elementary- Literacy Coach

Susan Yost Keeney

of Cooper Elementary- Special Education Teacher- Self-

Contained Moderate Intellectual Disabilities (Grades 4-5)

Donna Knapp

of Winn Holt Elementary- Music Specialist (Grades 1-5)

Tammy Knox

of Jackson Elementary- 2nd Grade Teacher

Bonnie Lavine

of Gwin Oaks Elementary- Special Education Teacher- Severe and

Profound Intellectual Disabilities (Grade 3-5)

Venetia Lowe

of Shiloh Elementary- 5th Grade Teacher

Stephanie S. Reid

of Camp Creek Elementary- 2nd Grade Teacher

Katie Sample

of Simonton Elementary- Literacy Coach

Kathy R. Williams

of Fort Daniel Elementary- Local School Technology

Coordinator

Middle School Level:

Rayvin C. Guyton

of Shiloh Middle- 7th Grade Special Education Mathematics

Teacher 

Jennifer Helfrich

of Radloff Middle- Media Specialist

Sergio Parra

of Osborne Middle- Spanish Teacher

Debbie Trevino

of Bay Creek Middle- 8th Grade Gifted Language Arts Teacher

Dottie Wilson

of McConnell Middle- 8th Grade Gifted Mathematics Teacher

High School Level:

Jon Aldrich

of Collins Hill High- Advanced Placement U.S. History and Advanced

Placement Government Teacher 

Kim Hamman

of Brookwood High- 9th Grade Gifted Biology Teacher

Steve Kuninsky

of Parkview High- Honors, Gifted, and Advanced Placement

Biology Teacher

Katie Saldarriaga

of North Gwinnett High- English to Speakers of Other

Languages Social Studies Teacher

John Willis

of Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology- 9th

Grade Physics Teacher