Barbara Koch Named Teacher of the Year
Barbara Koch, a 6th grade Science teacher at Southwood Academy of the Arts, was named 2013-2014 Teacher of the Year for Anderson School District Five at the district’s Back-to-School Celebration held in August at NewSpring. She recently attended the Upstate Teacher Forum at Spartanburg Community College with district teachers of the year from all over the Upstate. She will represent the district at the state conference in Myrtle Beach in February.
The other finalists for District Teacher of the Year were Patricia Bell of T.L. Hanna High School and Jenny Piel of Robert Anderson College and Career Academy.
District Employees of the Year are as follows: Adult Education, Luci Vaughn; Custodial, Charles Martin of Southwood Academy of the Arts; Food Service, Lynn Smith of Varennes Academy of Communications and Technology; Maintenance, Steve Callaham; Instructional Support, Everette Adger of McLees Academy of Leadership; Non-Instructional Support, Dawn McCorkle of Glenview Middle School; and Transportation, James Wetterman.
The Teachers of the Year as named by individual schools were as follows: Suzette Hart, Calhoun Academy of the Arts; Sheryl Winstead, Centerville Elementary; Lani Gray, Concord Elementary; Candace Maddox, Homeland Park Primary; Melissa Roper, McLees Elementary; Janice Smith, Midway Elementary; Leslie Meyers, Nevitt Forest Elementary; Kellie Brown, New Prospect Elementary; Anna Wentzky, North Pointe Elementary; Brittany Shirley, South Fant Early Childhood School; Gina Philyaw, Varennes Academy of Communications and Technology; Catherine Mazza, Whitehall Elementary; Whitney Moody, West Market Early Childhood School; Dave Madden, Lakeside Middle; Brain Heaton, McCants Middle; Barbara Koch, Southwood Academy of the Arts; Donna Bibb, Glenview Middle School; Jenny Piel, Robert Anderson College and Career Academy; Patricia Bell, T.L. Hanna High; Joel Gray, Westside High; and Yvonne Weston, Anderson Five Career Center.