Teachers of the year announced

Hart County Charter System announced the new class of Teachers of the Year for the 2020-2021 school year this week.
Jenny Martin, a special education teacher, earned the honor for Hartwell Elementary School.
Emilee Patrick, a fifth-grade English and language arts teacher, won Teacher of the Year at North Hart Elementary School.
Kathleen Teel, a Tier Intervention teacher for response to intervention and mult-tier system of supports, has been named Teacher of the Year for South Hart Elementary School.
Earl Fouch, a sixth-grade math teacher, received the recognition at Hart County Middle School.
Christie Simpson, a science teacher, is the Teacher of the Year for Hart County High School.
These five teachers will move on to an interview process with judges from various counties within the state, on Nov. 4, and a Teacher of the Year for the county school system will then be named at a Teacher of the Year luncheon on Nov. 15.
Teachers of the Year are nominated and voted upon by their peers and principal. To be eligible, they must be certified classroom teachers in public school in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Special education, physical education, art and music teachers, media specialists and ROTC teachers are all eligible.
If you have any questions regarding the Teacher of the Year program or want to contact any of these teachers, please contact me at anna.hall@hart.k12.ga.us.
Read The Hartwell Sun through the month of October to learn about this school year’s Teachers of the Year in a weekly series profiling each one individually.