Teaching is a noble profession, but it can be trying in the best of times — and then there is the added challenges associated with quarantines, digital schooling and the like. Here is a shortlist of honored Teachers of the Year in our area. The full Gwinnett County Public Schools list can be viewed at publish.gwinnett.k12.ga.us/gcps/home/public/news.
Whitley Arens Parker, Duluth High School Special Education Teacher, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Level 4, and Interrelated Resource, Grades 10-12
Kelley Curtiss Donovan, Coleman Middle School Humanities Teacher, Grade 6
Sarah Mazzatta, Special Education Teacher, Simpson Elementary School Autism Spectrum Disorder, Level 3, Kindergarten and Grade 1
Sarah Miller, Norcross High School Local School Technology Coordinator
Alynna Nguyen, Duluth Middle School Accelerated Mathematics Teacher, Grade 7
Nancy Ortiz-Daley, Summerour Middle School Language Arts Teacher, Grade 6
Dennise Peagler, Pinckneyville Middle School Language Arts Teacher, Grade 8
Philip Peavy, Paul Duke STEM High School Cybersecurity & Game Design Teacher, Grades 10-12
Melissa Redner, Berkeley Lake Elementary School, Fifth Grade Teacher
Kelly Sibley, Peachtree Elementary School Reading Recovery and English to Speakers of Other Languages Teacher, Grades 1-3
Lisa Stubbs, Stripling Elementary School, Third Grade Teacher
