ROCK HALL — Kent County Public Schools is highlighting the work of 16 teachers and staff members as part of its annual awards program.
Schools honored their Teachers of the Year and Support Employees of the Year on March 13 with surprise presentations of balloons and flowers.
Special recognition also was given to the four nominees for Promising Educator.
An awards ceremony will be held Wednesday evening, April 16 to announce the countywide Teacher of the Year, Support Employee of the Year and Promising Educator.
The honorees are listed here, by school:
GALENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: Rebeka Wooters, Teacher of the Year; Amanda Jackson, Support Employee of the Year; and Abigail Saxton, Promising Educator.
H.H. GARNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: Kathleen Devine, Teacher of the Year; Regina Jones, Support Employee of the Year; and Madison Kendall, Promising Educator.
ROCK HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: Drew Walters, Teacher of the Year; Maria Gordilla-Terreros, Support Employee of the Year; and Breanna Reardon, Promising Educator.
KENT COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL: Cheryl Fracassi, Teacher of the Year; and B.T. King, Support Employee of the Year.
KENT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL: Johanna Cohen, Teacher of the Year; Ralph Johnson, Support Employee of the Year; Gabriella Crisham, Promising Educator; and Patrick McColigan, Promising Educator.
CENTRAL OFFICE: Mirelle Kraus, Support Employee of the Year.
Whoever is named Kent County Public Schools’ Teacher of the Year on April 16 will join a cohort of winners from the state’s 23 other school systems, all hoping to be the Maryland Teacher of the Year.
For photographs of teachers and staff as they were honored on March 13, see https://www.kent.k12.md.us/protected/ArticleView.aspx?iid=6Y0YG2Y&dasi=3P20
