Mansfield School & Family Magazine Summer 2018

MISD Names the 2018 Teachers of the Year Every year, staff members at each of Mansfield ISD’s campuses nominate the teacher they feel has displayed excellence in education by inspiring their students, their colleagues and their community. Two of those campus winners are then selected by a committee to become the district teachers of the year. The MISD 2018 Teachers of the Year are Shaye Anne Atwood and Reginal Wright. Atwood was named the Elementary Teacher of the Year. She is the agricultural leadership teacher at Atwood and Wright discovered they won at the Mardi Tarver-Rendon Elementary School. Atwood has been in Gras-themed employee banquet on May 17. education for 11 years. The West Texas native said she is blessed to be able to teach students about agriculture in one of the only school programs of its kind. “I just want to thank the administrative council and my principal for believing in me,” Atwood said. “I receive a lot of support to do what I love and integrate the growing of food and the caring of animals into leadership skills.” Wright is the MISD Secondary Teacher of the Year. He is the head choir director at Mansfield High School and is in his 18th year of being an educator. Wright said he never intended to become a teacher, but he is glad that his path led him there. “I love inspiring kids through music,” he said. “I just want teachers to know that they have the ability to change the future. No one can change the past, but what you say and do today can change the lives of children forever.” Atwood and Wright will go on to compete in the Education Service Center Region XI Teacher of Year competition and could potentially advance to compete for Texas Teacher of the Year. CAMPUS TEACHERS OF THE YEAR Elementary School Mary Pleasant – Charlotte Anderson ES Lovey Turner – J.L. Boren ES Jennifer D. Miller – Janet Brockett ES Kim Waddell – Willie Brown ES Jada Ross – Louise Cabaniss ES Tracy Edwards – Anna May Daulton ES Janekka Colbert – Kenneth Davis ES Amy Carlisle – Imogene Gideon ES KaMesha Williams – Glenn Harmon ES Elashun Summerville – Carol Holt ES Kaitlin Krambeer – Thelma Jones ES Haleigh Araujo – Judy K. Miller ES Pam Eason – D.P. Morris ES Kera Eason – Erma Nash ES Katie Fleck – Nancy Neal ES 20 Mansfield School & Family Michelle Meister – Annette Perry ES Kori Armstrong – Alice Ponder ES Jennifer Abbott – Martha Reid ES Beth Hughes – Mary Sheppard ES Julie Plascencia – Elizabeth Smith ES Mariesa Hawkins – Cora Spencer ES Shaye Anne Atwood - Tarver-Rendon ES Tiffany Salvagnini – Roberta Tipps ES Middle School Intermediate School High School Thomas Roos - Cross Timbers IS Michael Patterson – Della Icenhower IS Lynn Martinez – Mary Lillard IS Lynn Cannaday – Asa Low IS Jennifer Rothlin – Mary Orr IS Gabriel Baldwin – Donna Shepard IS Lindsey Threadgill – James Coble MS Andrea Midgett – T.A. Howard MS Leslie Boyer – Linda Jobe MS Angela Marie Brown – Danny Jones MS Hamidah McCullough Jefferson – Brooks Wester MS Ashley Garza – Rogene Worley MS Caty Dearing – Frontier HS Katrina Covington – Lake Ridge HS Michael Keel – Legacy HS Reginal Wright – Mansfield HS Wyndie Williams – Phoenix Academy Melanie Atkinson – Summit HS Aretha B. Hall – Timberview HS

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