PULASKI COUNTY, Ark. -- For the third year in a row, the Pulaski County Special School District (PCSSD) is participating in the Arkansas Teacher of the Year program.
Through a rigorous selection process, each of PCSSD’s 25 brick-and-mortar schools as well as the DRIVEN Virtual Academy and Center of Innovation selected one educator as their school teacher of the year. The following teachers were selected to represent their school based on nominations and recommendations from their peers.
SCHOOL | TEACHER |
BAKER ELEMENTARY | Natalie Casavechia |
CATO ELEMENTARY | Katie Shuptrine |
CHENAL ELEMENTARY | LaCynthia Virden |
COLLEGE STATION ELEMENTARY | Courtney Thomas |
CRYSTAL HILL ELEMENTARY | LaTonya Gillmore |
DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY | Darice Nesmith |
HARRIS ELEMENTARY | Kenya Brown |
LANDMARK ELEMENTARY | Latasha Kimbrough Tate |
LAWSON ELEMENTARY | Ashley Davis |
OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY | Jarred White |
OAKBROOKE ELEMENTARY | DeAnn White |
PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY | Laura Sergeant |
ROBINSON ELEMENTARY | LaCresha Davie |
SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY | Whitney Bohannon |
SYLVAN HILLS ELEMENTARY | Courtney Pigg |
WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON ELEMENTARY | Maija Jones |
MAUMELLE MIDDLE | Diego Lozano |
MILLS MIDDLE | Charde Wilson |
ROBINSON MIDDLE | Wendy Kohler |
SYLVAN HILLS MIDDLE | Carli Cooper |
SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH | Hunter Plante |
MAUMELLE HIGH | Vernetta Sanders |
MILLS UNIVERSITY STUDIES HIGH | Lakesha Foote |
ROBINSON HIGH | Ben Light |
SYLVAN HILLS HIGH | Melissa Duncan |
CENTER OF INNOVATION | Terisa Liberty |
DRIVEN VIRTUAL ACADEMY | Lisa Romero |
A panel made up of District and school administrators will review the school-level teachers of the year to determine the PCSSD Teacher of the Year. The District winner will be announced at a celebration banquet on Wednesday, May 17, 2023.
PCSSD followed the Arkansas Department of Education Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Teacher of the Year guidelines, including the teacher’s impact on school culture, leadership in and out of the classroom, and student connections. The winner of the PCSSD Teacher of the Year will be submitted to DESE for consideration for the 2024 Arkansas Teacher of the Year.