ENID, OK - Enid Public Schools Education Celebration was held Wednesday, February 24. The event is sponsored by the Enid Public Schools Education Foundation.
This years winners were Denise Wright, the Enid Public Schools Support Professional of the Year and Christie Buckner, Enid Public Schools Teacher of the Year.
EPS honored all building-level teachers of the year as well as the support professional of the year finalists at the Education Celebration.
“These teachers are just a few of the excellent educators we have in our classrooms,” Superintendent Dr. Darrell Floyd said. “We are thankful for their leadership in each of our buildings and I congratulate them on this achievement in representing our schools.”
The EPS Teacher of the Year winner, selected by a community committee, will now represent the district at the Oklahoma Teacher of the Year competition next fall.
This year’s building-level honorees included:
Shawna Tanner Pre-K Teacher Fowler Early Childhood Center
Alex Castellanos 2nd Grade Teacher Adams Elementary
Karla Johnson Library Media Specialist Coolidge Elementary
LaShandria Redman Music Teacher Eisenhower Elementary
Janet Jones 3rd Grade Teacher Garfield Elementary
Amy Ebel 2nd Grade Teacher Glenwood Elementary
Tiara Darling PE Teacher Hayes Elementary
Jami Lewis 5th Grade Teacher Hoover Elementary
Michelle Holcomb 1st Grade Teacher McKinley Elementary
Christie Buckner PE Teacher Monroe Elementary
Leah Simpson 2nd Grade Teacher Prairie View Elementary
Alison King Title I Teacher Taft Elementary
Gary Spruill Art Teacher Emerson Middle School
Kaeli Jantz Math Teacher Longfellow Middle School
Samantha Cheatham Special Education Teacher Waller Middle School
Lyndsay Watts ICAP Teacher Enid High School
Garvin Kent Chesser Virtual Learning Lincoln Academy
To learn more about each candidate, please visit www.enidpublicschools.org/toy2020.
