Educator of the year awards

​For the second year in a row, Mr. Glenn Barger, Chairman of the Education Foundation for Catawba County Schools, presented each of our top five district-wide winners with a $2,000 professional development scholarship for a total of $10,000.

The Education Foundation also awarded an additional $5,000 in professional development grants to educators who were selected through an application process.

Mr. Jared Clark, last year's Teacher of the Year, presented to our esteemed group with a few of the pearls that he gained from an international education conference in Germany that he attended using his $2,000 scholarship.

Please join us in congratulating our Educators of the Year

2019-20 EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR RECIPIENTS

🍎TEACHER OF THE YEAR 
Mrs. Tricia Rushing
Science Teacher, Bunker Hill High School

🍎MEDIA SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR
Mrs. Tammy Cordeiro
St. Stephens High School

🍎COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR 
Mrs. Jamie Bumgarner
Snow Creek Elementary

🍎TEACHER ASSISTANT OF THE YEAR
Mrs. Paula Fulbright
Banoak Elementary

🍎PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR
Mrs. Nichole Ijames
​Mill Creek Middle School

2018-19 EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR RECIPIENTS

🍎TEACHER OF THE YEAR 
Mr. Jared Clark
Arndt Middle School

🍎MEDIA SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR
Ms. Amanda Moose
Claremont Elementary

🍎COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR 
Ms. Beth Embree
St. Stephens Elementary

🍎TEACHER ASSISTANT OF THE YEAR
Sherry Nail
St. Stephens High School

🍎PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR
Mrs. Kathy Keane
St. Stephens Elementary

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