Tusculum College alumni have been among those honored as “Teachers of the Year” for their schools in Hamblen, Hawkins and Johnson counties.
One teacher, Sherry Price ’96, was selected “Teacher of the Year” for the Hawkins County School System in grades 5-8. Price teaches at Church Hill Elementary School.
In Hamblen County, three of the eight teachers selected by their schools in the PreK-4 category are Tusculum alumni, having earned their master’s in education from Tusculum’s Graduate and Professional Studies Program in Morristown. They are Laura Reece ’05, kindergarten teacher at Hillcrest Elementary School; Heather Stubblefield ’07, kindergarten teacher at Lincoln Heights Elementary School, and Scott Helton ’05, fourth grade teacher at Russellville Elementary School.
In the grades 5-8 category in Hamblen County, one of the teachers honored was Karen Holweg ’09, a sixth grade teacher at East Ridge Middle School.
One teacher in each category will be chosen to represent Hamblen County schools as School System Teachers of the Year. Winners are selected by a committee by McMinn County and will be announced later in the school year.
In addition to Price, Sherry Begley Bundy ’09 was named a “Teacher of the Year” in her school in the Hawkins County system. Bundy, who earned a master’s degree at Tusculum, teaches at Saint Clair Elementary School.
In Johnson County, Brenda Arnold ’96, who earned her master’s degree at Tusculum, was named “Teacher of the Year” for grades K-4 at Doe Elementary School.