RCS Announces 2022-2023 Teachers of the Year
Three teachers selected as district level winners representing elementary, middle and high school levels.
Rutherford County Schools has announced its 2022-2023 Teachers of the Year. Three teachers were chosen as district level winners and will submitted for recognition at the regional and potentially state level.
All award-winners will be honored at a public banquet on May 2nd at Copper Ridge Events Center, starting at 3:30 p.m.
The district-level winners are:
- PK-4 Grade – Katherine Rachel Rigsby – Plainview Elementary
- 5-8 Grade – Ellaina A. Taylor – Central Magnet School
- 9-12 Grade – LeAnn Hays – Oakland High
Rigsby, Taylor and Hays all participated in a Q&A in which they described their joy in teaching and their academic careers, while offering advice for those new to the teaching profession.
You can read more about each representative by clicking their name above. Rigsby, Taylor and Hays have been submitted to the regional level for review and possible recognition as part of the Tennessee Teacher of the Year program.
The following is a complete list of the 2022-2023 RCS Teachers of the Year:
- Charlie Marie Borel – Barfield Elementary
- Michelle McDaniel – Blackman Elementary
- Donna Boyd – Blackman High
- Kristynn Ammerman – Blackman Middle
- Kimberly Barlow – Brown’s Chapel Elementary
- Jennifer Wenzlick – Buchanan Elementary
- Teri Pots – Christiana Elementary
- Sitta Williams – Daniel-McKee Alternative
- Bergen Pendleton – David Youree Elementary
- Valerie Chamblee Stahr – Eagleville School
- Dr. Joel Everett Rowlett – Holloway High
- Laurie Hutto Phillips – Homer Pittard Campus School
- Taylor Mills – John Colemon Elementary
- Bethany Jacobs – Kittrell Elementary
- Carlee Healey – Lascassas Elementary
- Kristen Gabrielle Harris – LaVergne High
- Amee Mirskov – LaVergne Lake Elementary
- Karin Keener – LaVergne Middle
- Joan Merryman – McFadden School of Excellence
- LeAnn Hays – Oakland High
- Melissa West – Oakland Middle
- Katherine Rachel Rigsby – Plainview Elementary
- Rachel Everett – RCS Virtual School
- Andrew Raney – Riverdale High
- Julie Wankel – Rock Springs Middle
- Karla Jobe – Rockvale Elementary
- Jennifer Vining – Rockvale High
- Katie M. Jones – Rockvale Middle
- Alysia Pitts – Rocky Fork Elementary
- Dawn Leigh Golson-Saunders – Rocky Fork Middle
- Danielle Russell – Rock Springs Elementary
- Tyler Hope – Bernard – Roy Waldron School
- James R. Thurston – Siegel High
- Edie Sessions – Siegel Middle
- Rayann E. Loftis – Smyrna Elementary
- Sandra Stutts – Smyrna High
- Lindsey Strickland – Smyrna Middle
- Rachel Hibdon – Smyrna Primary
- Becky Smith – Smyrna West Alternative
- Melody Todd – Stewarts Creek Elementary
- Robert Haddard – Stewarts Creek High
- Kathryn Rene Weinman – Stewarts Creek Middle
- Sarah Jennings – Stewartsboro Elementary
- Brandi Breneman – Thurman Francis Arts Academy
- Andrew Lara – Walter Hill Elementary
- Jennifer Rachel Bryant – Whitworth-Buchanan Middle
- Michelle Kingston – Wilson Elementary
