TEACHER OF THE YEAR

NORTH CAROLINA TEACHERS OF THE YEAR

YEAR	NAME	LEA/SCHOOLS
2007	James Bell	Edenton-Chowan Public Schools 8th Grade/Language Arts
2006	Diana Beasley	Hickory City Schools High School/Biology
2005	Wendy Miller	Craven County Schools Grades K-2
2004	Lizbeth Alfaro	Catawba County Schools Grades K-6/ESL
2003	Allison Ormond	Rockingham County Schools 7th Grade/Language Arts & Social Studies
2002	Melissa Bartlett	Iredell-Statesville Schools High School/English "National Teacher of the Year Finalist"
2001	Carmen Wilson	Ashe County Schools High School/Mathematics
2000	Laura Bilbro-Berry	Beaufort County Schools 2nd Grade
1999	Kimberly H. Hughes	Wake County Schools Kindergarten
1998	Rebecca O. Hoyle	Onslow County Schools Grades K-5/Music
1997	Julian L. Coggins, Jr.	Cabarrus County Schools High School/Science
1996	Richard Scott Griffin	Gaston County Schools 5thGrade
1995	Vernestine Kent Taylor	Wilson County Schools High School/Mathematics
1994	Sandra C. Wells	Asheville City Schools 1st-4thGrades/Team Teacher
1993	Sarah M. Pratt	McDowell County Schools High School/English & Social Studies "National Hall of Fame Winner"
1992	Dixie F. Abernathy	Gaston County Schools Jr. High School/Science
1991	Annie Pegram	Durham City Schools 1stGrade
1990	Louis Gotlieb	Granville County Schools High School/Science
1989	Sandra Davis Rogers	Rowan County Schools 1st-3rd Grades
1988	Merv Sessoms	Haywood County Schools High School/English
1987	Cynthia B. Zeger-Ostherhus	Salisbury City Schools High School/Mathematics
1986	Donna H. Oliver	Burlington City Schools High School/Science "National Teacher of the Year"
1985	Pamela F. Brewer	Person County Schools High School/English & Journalism
1984	Phillip R. Dail	Wake County Schools High School/Science
1983	Jean Paul Powell	Clinton City Schools 12th Grade/English
1982	James Jerome Williams	Burke County Schools High School/Music
1981	Penelope Sue Smith	Asheboro City Schools High School/Humanities
1980	Linda Lee	Burlington City Schools High School/English
1979	Jo Ann Paynes Norris	Wake County Schools 1st Grade
1978	Ruth P. Watkins	Richmond County Schools High School/Social Studies
1977	Ted Scott Henson	Vance County Schools 5thGrade/Language Arts & Social Studies
1976	Ruby Murchison	Fayetteville City Schools 7thGrade/Language Arts & Social Studies "National Teacher of the Year"
1975	Herman L. Forbes	High Point City Schools 6thGrade
1974	Frances A. Kiser	Cleveland County Schools High School/English
1973	Sarah E. Spivey	Raleigh City Schools 4th-5th Grades "National Teacher of the Year Finalist"
1972	James M. "Jay" Rogers	Durham City Schools High School/American History & Black Studies "National Teacher of the Year"
1970	John McFadden	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools 6th Grade "National Teacher of the Year Finalist"