Forty-five teachers will be honored among their peers and families on March 28 after being selected as the Teachers of the Year for Rutherford County.
The schools each select a Teacher of the Year annually. From those teachers, the district selects three as the grade-level winners, one from elementary, middle and high school.
Those three teachers will then proceed as Rutherford County’s representatives in the regional and state Teacher of the Year recognition program. The Tennessee Teacher of the Year will be named next fall.
A reception for the Rutherford County Teachers of the Year will be held on March 28 beginning at 3:30 p.m. at the Stones River Country Club in Murfreesboro with Director of Schools Harry Gill presiding.
For 2011-2012, the following teachers have been named the system level Teachers of the Year:
Kathy Daugherty — Smyrna Elementary School
Vonita Seigenthaler — Christiana Middle School
Sandy Rogers — Oakland High School
The following teachers have been selected as Teachers of the Year for their schools:
Barfield Elementary School Melissa Mabry
Blackman Elementary School Kim Marable
Blackman High School Elizabeth S. Stone
Blackman Middle School Leigh Anne Brown
Brown’s Chapel Elementary School Courtney Pragel
Buchanan Elementary School Kristy Hix
Cedar Grove Elementary School Tyson Hoppe
Central Magnet School John B. Mears
Christiana Elementary School Rachel Peters
Christiana Middle School Vonita Seigenthaler
Daniel-McKee Alternative School Edward H. Sanders
David Youree Elementary School Stephanie Rogers
Eagleville School Bonnie A. Smith
Holloway High School Shane Newsome
Homer Pittard Campus School Kim Bohn
John Colemon Elementary School Melissa R. Austin
Kittrell Elementary School Esther “Gail” Markum
Lascassas Elementary School Martha Ferguson
LaVergne High School Kay Trobaugh
LaVergne Lake Elementary School Jennifer Patterson
LaVergne Middle School Jacquelyn McMeen
LaVergne Primary School Michele Hutti
McFadden School of Excellence Elena Burgess
Oakland High School Sandy Rogers
Oakland Middle School Scott Kinney
Riverdale High School Jennifer Parsley Smith
Rock Springs Elementary School Merin Smith
Rock Springs Middle School Patricia Roberta Mays
Rockvale Elementary School Christiana M. Anderson
Rockvale Middle School Marcie Leeman
Roy Waldron Elementary School Dorothy Abney
Siegel High School Kim Hinton
Siegel Middle School Debby Cook
Smyrna Elementary School Kathy Daugherty
Smyrna High School Suzanne M. Shearer
Smyrna Middle School Kevin Bracken
Smyrna Primary School Leigh Ann Nichols
Smyrna West Alternative School John H. Marable III
Stewarts Creek Elementary School D’ann Cooper
Stewarts Creek Middle School Ginger Adcock
Stewartsboro Elementary School LaVerne Green Grigsby
Thurman Francis Arts Academy Erin Elrod
Walter Hill Elementary School Cassie Urban
Whitworth-Buchanan Middle School LaToya Beard
Wilson Elementary School Caren Davis
