Achieve Your Potential

As the proud sponsor of today’s Teacher Recognition Breakfast, Palmetto Citizens would like to congratulate all of the Teachers of the Year and recognize their outstanding accomplishments in educating our community’s young people.

DISTRICT TEACHERS OF THE YEAR

LISA ROSE
Lexington District One
White Knoll High

PHILLIP RABON, II
Lexington District Two
Pair Education Center

KATHY TAYLOR
Lexington District Three
Batesburg-Leesville Primary

KURT WYNDHAM
Lexington District Four
Swansea High

ELIZABETH KNOTT
Lex./Rich. District Five
Lake Murray Elementary

PATRICIA SWINTON
Richland District One
A. C. Flora High

WENDY SHERMAN
Richland District Two
Blythewood Middle

ROBERT HILL, ED. D.
South Carolina Department
of Juvenile Justice School

ELLA MACK
Fairfield County
Fairfield Magnet- Math & Science

HELEN WALKER
Kershaw County
Doby’s Mill Elementary

J. BARRY MORRIS, PH. D
Newberry County
Whitmire Community

SCHOOL TEACHERS OF THE YEAR

Lexington County District 1

Carrie Geimer Carolina Springs Elementary
Nichole Criminger Carolina Springs Middle
Candice Garcie-Elliot Forts Pond Elementary
Colleen Pelley Gilbert Elementary
Lisa Myrick Gilbert High
Laura Labrado Gilbert Middle
Charli Kinard Gilbert Primary
Leslie Bussey Lake Murray Elementary
Susan Kirlough Lexington Elementary
Debbie Debenport Lexington High
Paul Berrian Lexington Middle
Kate Bailey Lexington Technology Center
Erika Godard Midway Elementary
Valerie Byrd Fort New Providence Elementary
Traci Yonce Oak Grove Elementary
Cynthia Kussman Pelion Elementary
Deborah McDermet Pelion High
Stephaine Creed Pelion Middle
Jancie Bennett Pleasant Hill Elementary
Ann Peterson Pleasant Hill Middle
John Sellers Red Bank Elementary
Pam Leland Saxe Gotha Elementary
Johna Buchanan White Knoll Elementary
Sheila Gordon White Knoll High
Leah Sarantopoulos White Knoll Middle

Lexington County District 2

Karen Kish Airport High
Alicia Lyles B-C Grammer No. 1
Laird Thompson Brookland-Cayce High
Forest Kinnett Busbee Creative Arts Academy
Cheryl Myers Congaree Elementary
Julie Sturkie Congaree-Wood Early Childhood Cntr.
Jamie McLeod McMillian Davis Elementary for Technology
Johnathan Wilburn Fulmer Middle
Jackie Wells Lindstrom Northside Middle
Kevin Smoak Pine Ridge Middle
Beth Montgomery Pineview Elementary
Julia Claytor Saluda River Academy for the Arts
Elizabeth “Liz” Jackson Springdale Elementary
Floyd Dinkins Taylor Elementary
Melissa Harvey Wood Elementary

Lexington County District 3

Terry Samuels Batesburg-Leesville Elementary
Barry Thomas Batesburg-Leesville High
Beth Kirkland Batesburg-Leesville Middle

Lexington County District 4

Amanda Frick Early Childhood Center
Kim Martin Francis Mack Intermediate
Genevieve Alert Sandhills Middle
Patrina Dease Swansea Elementary
Kelly Hughes Swansea High Freshman Acad
Amanda Reingardt Swansea Primary

Lexington / Richland District 5

Debbie Clarke Alternative Academy for Success
Brenna Kendrick Ballentine Elementary
Kristen Lawson Capin Elementary
Lisa Ruth Chapin High
Kailanya Brailey Chapin Middle
Paul Maudlin CrossRoads Middle
Amanda Rushe Dutch Fork Elementary
Ron McGinty Dutch Fork High
Brandon Doty Dutch Fork Middle
Stephen Corsini Irmo Elementary
Claudine Perney Irmo High
Amy Brown Irmo Middle
Missy Talbert Harbison West Elementary
Summers Ginsburg H. E. Corley Elementary
Sally Sommerall Leaphart Elementary
Kathie Newell Nursery Road Elementary
Amber Tolar Oak Pointe Elementary
Time Carmody River Springs Elementary
Anna Owens Seven Oaks Elementary

Richland County District 1

Martha Wright AC Moore Elementary
Alvin Allen Alcorn Middle
April Snyder Arden Elementary
Margaret Ekeh-Anama Bradley Elementary
Ashley Rawl Brennen Elementary
Gloria Knight Brockman Elementary
Shanesia Q. Harvin Burnside Elementary
Lashaunda Young Burton-Pack Elementary
Carmen Tisdale Carver-Lyon Elementary
Martha Garvin Caughman Road Elementary
Sharonda Jacobs Columbia High
Ann Carbone Crayton Middle
Mona Elleithee Dreher High
Indira Cureton-Cummings Eau Claire High
Linda Davis EE Taylor Elementary
Robin Holeman Forest Heights Elementary
Brenda Lawyer Gadsden Elementary
Rita Bates Gibbes Middle
Cindy Washington Greenview Elementary
Anne Shealy Hand Middle
Lil N. Eaves H. B. Rhame Elementary
Joann Johnson Heyward CATE High
Chante’ Jacobs Heyward Gibbes Middle
Lilia Bentecheva Hopkins Elementary
Sherdia Henry Hopkins Middle
Stacey Higgins Horrell Hill Elementary
Tonya Williams Hyatt Park Elementary
Derrick Seabrook Johnson High
Elaine Brown JP Thomas Elementary
Mary Haile Keenan High
Susan Waites Logan Elementary
Rachel Fobare Lower Richland High
Meredith Trobaugh Meadowfield Elementary
Christel Clark Mill Creek Elementary
Sara Crawford Pendergrass Fairview Elementary
Laquannia Lewis Perry Middle
Angela Enlow Pine Grove Elementary
Rosalinda Cook-Hillan Rhame Elementary
Fran McGillian Rosewood Elementary
Robert Brazell Sandel Elementary
Angela Bowman Sanders Middle
Brooke Fonder Satchel Ford Elementary
Evette Bradley St. Andrews Middle
Henrika Bates Southeast Middle
Crystal D. Jones South Kilbourne Elementary
Emma Brown Watkins-Nance Elementary
Walter Jones Barwick Webber Elementary

Richland County District 2

Leigh Armstrong Bethel-Hanberry Elementary
Amy Whitfield Blythewood High
Stephanie Harrell Bookman Road Elementary
Keicha McCray Bridge Creek Elementary
Regi Matheny Conder Elementary
Helen Barker Dent Middle
Denise Duke Forest Lake Elementary
Michael Barron Joseph Keels Elementary
Marianne Boyd Kelly Mill Middle
Cassaundra Harlee Killian Elementary
Kim Johnson Lake Carolina Elementary
Andrea Hipps Langford Elementary
Ray Greiner Longleaf Middle
Jenn Roberts Lonnie B. Nelson Elementary
Nichole Allmann North Springs Elementary
Leslie Schuster Polo Road Elementary
Michelle Hawkins Pontiac Elementary
Jessica Holley Rice Creek Elementary
Betsy Kinsella Richland Northeast High
GChris Nostrant Ridge View High
Teri Stone Round Top Elementary
Sam Pouncey Sandlapper Elementary
Michelle Spigner Spring Valley High
LaToya Young Summitt Parkway Middle
Johnathan Abney Windsor Elementary
Katherine Templeton EL Wrignt Middle

Fairfield County

Patty Reid Fairfield Career & Technology Cntr.
Scotty Dean Fairfield Central High
Jennifer Collins Fairfield Elementary
Queen Lewis Fairfield Middle
Tasha Harte Geiger Elementary
Eunice Gloster Kelly Miller Elementary
LaShonda Martin McCrorey-Liston Elementary

Kershaw County

David Weaver Applied Tec. Education Campus
Abby Spitzer Baron DeKalb Elementary
Renee Robinson Bethune Elementary
Beth Granger Blaney Elementary
Regina McDonald Camden Elementary
Monika Halligan Camden High
Elizabeth Butler Camden Middle
Jesse Gates Continuous Learning Center
Alisha Hudson Jackson School
Kristen Graves Leslie M. Stover School
Vicki Porter Lugoff Elementary
Sharon White Lugoff-Elgin High
Janelle Smoot Lugoff-Elgin Middle
Lori Deese Midway Elementary
Patricia Moak Mt. Pisgah Elementary
Heather Keith North Central High
Romona Stogner North Central Middle
Konna Mulcahey Pine Tree Hill Elementary
Carol Bowling Wateree Elementary
Gina Yount SEAGUL

Newberry County

Ashlee McCarthy Boundary Street Elementary
Kaye Braswell Gallman Elementary
Leah Bush Little Mountain Elementary
Lindsay Boozer Mid-Carolina High
Robert Flint Mid-Carolina Middle
Joshua Waters Newberry County Career Center
Lynn Mohler Newberry Elementary
Dianne Hartness Newberry High
Candace Herron Newberry Middle
Diane Cotney Pomaria-Garmany Elementary
Anna Farmer Prosperity-Rikard Elementary
Robert Kindard Reuben Elementary
Paige Cromer Whitmire Community