2014 Teacher of the Year Nominees

 

• Governor, Ed Commissioner announce 2014 Maine Teacher of the Year semi-finalists, partnership with Educate Maine,

           April 4, 2013

• Teacher of the Year nominees announced, Feb. 13, 2013

 

Fourteen teachers from across the state have been nominated to become Maine's 2014 Teacher of the Year.

 

Only one will be named Teacher of the Year, and will become part of the National Teacher of the Year Program.  This includes a national conference in January 2014, a National Teacher Forum in Washington, D.C., in April 2014, "Space Camp" at NASA's Alabama headquarters in July 2014, and a national education conference in Princeton, N.J., in September 2014.

 

Anne Carney

St. Albans Consolidated School

Grade 2

Principal: Randy Gould

Superintendent: Greg Potter

 

Susan Carpenter O'Brien - Semi-finalist

George B. Weatherbee School, Hampden

Grade 5

Principal: Regan Nickles

Superintendent: Richard Lyons

 

Christiane Cullens - Semi-finalist

Mount Desert Island High School

Grades 10-12, English

Principal: Dr. Matthew Janger

Superintendent: Howard Colter

 

Mary Graziano - Semi-finalist

Hartland Consolidated School

Grade 4

Principal: Denise Kimball

Superintendent: Greg Potter

 

Kerri LeSieur

Biddeford Primary School

Grade 1

Principal: Margaret Pitts

Superintendent: Jeremy Ray

 

Karen MacDonald - Semi-finalist

King Middle School, Portland

Grades 6 & 7, English language arts

Principal: Michael McCarthy

Superintendent: Emmanuel Caulk

 

Joshua Pietras

Penquis Valley High School, Milo

Grades 9 - 12, mathematics

Principal: Matthew Hackett

Superintendent: Michael Wright

 

Suzen Polk-Hoffses - Semi-finalist

Milbridge Elementary School

Kindergarten

Principal: Maria White

Superintendent: Ronald Ramsay

 

Susan Ray

Sacopee Valley Middle School, Hiram

Grades 5 & 6

Principal: Mike Lynch

Superintendent: Sylvia Pease

 

Cynthia Raymond - Semi-finalist

Hall-Dale Middle School, Farmingdale

Grade 7, English language arts

Principal: Mark Tinkham

Superintendent: Virgel Hammonds

 

Laurie Rodrigue

Cony High School, Augusta

Grades 9 - 12, English

Principal: Kim Silsby

Superintendent: James Anastasio

 

Nancy Sargent

Cumberland and Oxford Canal School, Westbrook

Kindergarten

Principal: Kate Hersom

Superintendent: Marc Gousse

 

Marsha Snyder

Thornton Academy, Saco

Grades 9 - 12, mathematics

Headmaster: Rene Menard

 

Tracie Wagenfeld-Hallissey

Willard School, Sanford

Grade 6

Principal: Chuck Potter

Superintendent: David Theoharides