The Kershaw County Reading Association recently held its annual Reading Teacher of the Year banquet at Lugoff-Elgin Middle School.

Each school had the opportunity to nominate a Reading Teacher of the Year, who created portfolios and displays to be judged for the district competition. This year, the featured guests were students from the county’s three high schools. In their speeches, they described teachers who have inspired their love of reading.

Named Kershaw County Reading Association’s Reading Teachers of the Year at a banquet were Mary Crayne, Camden Elementary School; Janice Kline, Leslie M. Stover Middle School; Wendy Campbell, Lugoff-Elgin High School. Gerald Gary was honored as the association’s Administrator of the Year.

Congratulations to all school reading teachers of the year:

Baron DeKalb Elementary: Darlene Platte

Midway Elementary: Molly Lane

Doby’s Mill Elementary: Abby Anthony

Blaney Elementary: Adele Dixon

Jackson School: Kate Paull

Bethune Elementary: Jana Vincent

Mt. Pisgah Elementary: Amy Catoe

Lugoff Elementary: Jackie Norton

Wateree Elementary: Melisa Blankenship

Camden Elementary: Mary Crayne

Pine Tree Hill Elementary: Octavia Jackson

Camden Middle: Gail West

Leslie M. Stover Middle: Janice Kline

Lugoff-Elgin Middle: Alison Barr

North Central Middle: Sherry Hunter

Lugoff-Elgin High: Wendy Campbell

Camden High: (Nancy) Lynn Crolley

North Central High: Shannon McGee

CLC: Erin Thompson