Anne Arundel County Board-Edu issued the following announcement on Feb. 27.
Educators from two elementary schools, two middle schools, one high school, and one center of applied technology make up the field of six finalists for the 2020 Anne Arundel County Public Schools Teacher of the Year. The finalists are:
•indsay Breach, a fourth-grade teacher at Glendale Elementary School
•Emily Davis, a language arts teacher at Brooklyn Park Middle School
•Mollie Dwyer, a special education teacher at Waugh Chapel Elementary School
•Tema Encarnacion, an ESOL teacher at Annapolis High School
•David Fawley, a marine service technology teacher at the Center of Applied Technology – South
•Hope Turner, a language arts teacher at Marley Middle Schol
Superintendent George Arlotto was joined by Board of Education members today in surprising the finalists in their classrooms. The finalists were chosen by a panel of judges who reviewed their applications and observed them instructing students.
In addition, the following teachers were named finalists for the Independent Schools Teacher of the Year award:
•Camille Baumann, a science teacher at St. Mary’s High School
•Laraine Olechowski, an art teacher at St. Mary’s Elementary School
The finalists will be among 50 public schools teachers and five independent school teachers to be honored at the 34th Annual Excellence in Education Awards Dinner at the BWI Marriott in Linthicum on Thursday, April 16, 2020. This event is hosted by the 21st Century Education Foundation.
Original source can be found here.
Source: Anne Arundel County Board-Edu