Richland One names 2005-06 Teacher of the Year and

Classified Employee of the Year

 

Outstanding Teachers for 2005-06, 2005 Retirees and 2054 Substitute Teacher of the Year finalists honored at annual gala celebration

 

 

Richland One honored the district’s Outstanding Teachers of the Year, Substitute Teacher of the Year finalists, 2005 retirees and Classified Employee of the Year nominees during Celebration 2005, an evening gala held recently.

Susan P. Yelverton, Satchel Ford Elementary School’s Teacher of the Year, was named as Richland One’s 2005-06 Teacher of the Year and will represent the district in the State Teacher of the Year competition.

A six-year veteran of education, Yelverton teaches theatre in grades kindergarten through 5.  She received a B.A. in psychology from Wake Forest University, a MAT plus 30 hours in theater from USC and has completed additional study at USC-Aiken, Winthrop University and USC.

Her professional affiliations include Arts in Basic Curriculum, S.C. Alliance for Arts Education and the S.C. Theatre Association.

She is an active member of Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church where she serves as a member of the Praise Choir.  She also is active in local theatre productions at Workshop Theater, Trustus Theatre, Village Square Theatre and Theatre USC.

Other finalists for Teacher of the Year were: Jessica Grabiner, Dreher High School; Doshia Grant, Webber Elementary School; Mary Lou Schweikert, Hand Middle School and Tina Washington, Lewis Greenview Elementary School.

 

Outstanding Teachers of the Year for 2005-06: Monica Adams, E.E. Taylor Elementary; Angelia Alston, Burnside Elementary Tamikah Battle-Nunnally, W.J. Keenan High;  Heather Bloomer, Meadowfield Elementary; Robert Brazell, Pendergrass Fairwold School; Betty Brown, Hyatt Park Elementary; Francene Burnett, Mill Creek Elementary; Pamela Cakora, Crayton Middle; Emily Carpenter, A.C. Moore Elementary; Monica Carter, Gadsden Elementary; LaToya Curry-Jones, Logan Elementary; Angela Cuzmar, Burton-Pack Elementary; Marsha Flateau, Carver-Lyon Elementary; Sandy Frazier, Alcorn Middle; Monica Geiger, Brockman Elementary; Kieshia Gladden, Watkins-Nance Elementary; Susan Glymph, Rosewood Elementary; Trudi Greene, Pine Grove Elementary;  Stephanie Herring, S. Kilbourne Elementary; Jametta Hodges-Stewart, St. Andrews Middle; Brenda Jamerson-Stevens, Gibbes Middle; Jacqueline Jones-Brown, John P. Thomas Elementary; Mark Kirlough, Columbia High; Lorene Lloyd-Peay, Lower Richland, Sherry Long, H.B. Rhame; Angela Peay, Caughman Road Elementary; Eugene Ratliff, Heyward Career and Technology Center; Sandra Scarborough, Brennen Elementary; George Sims, Arden Elementary; Malika Snipe, Horrell Hill Elementary; Judy Spears, Bradley Elementary; Cynthia Taylor, W.A. peerry Middle; Myron Thomas, Eau Claire High; Sally Utley, Forest heights Elementary; Nancy Watson, Southeast Middle; Jean-Marie Watonsi, Hopkins Elementary; Ezekiel Williams, W.G. Sanders Middle; Marcella Wine-Synder, Richland One Middle College.

The 2005-06 Classified Employee of the Year is Andrea Williams, school nurse at Gadsden Elementary School.

Classified Employee of the Year finalists were: Johnnie Clark, Crayton Middle; Debra Kinder, Dreher High; Cheryl O’Dell, W.J. Keenan High; and Debbie Wood, Hand Middle.

 

Classified Employee of the Year nominees were: Clifton Anderson, Heyward Career and Technology Center; Ella Bookert, Burnside Elementary; Reginald Davis, A.C. Moore Elementary; Louise Days, Burton-Pack Elementary; Cynthia Gary, Satchel Ford Elementary; Yolanda George, Horrell Hill Elementary; Robert Goddard, Logan Elementary; Delores Goodwin, Southeast Middle; Delores M. Goodwin, Mill Creek Elementary; Willie Goodwin-Garvin, Webber Elementary; Dell Hayes, Career and Technology Education; Debbie Jennings, Pendergrass Fairwold School; Felicia Moultrie, Alcorn Middle; Curtis Ann Olden, Central Kitchen; Gloria Orange, John P. Thomas Elementary; Rosalyn Peterson, W.A. Perry Middle; Deborah Prince, E.E. Taylor Elementary; Cornelius Rumph, Caughman Road Elementary; Bridget Samuel, Lewis Greenview Elementary; Velvet Sims, Hopkins Middle; Ida Smalls, Lewis Greenview Elementary; Marcia Stephens, W.S. Sandel Elementary; Jacquelyn Stewart, Bradley Elementary; Valerie Thomas, Pine Grove Elementary; Terrence Townsend, Meadowfield Elementary; Trica Washington, John P. Thomas Elementary;  and Christopher White, Gibbes Middle.

             

Irene Fields of Satchel Ford Elementary was honored as Substitute Teacher of the Year.

Johnnie C. Patterson of Pine Grove Elementary and Cora Stinson of Burnside Elementary were named as finalists. Other nominees were Ruth Fisher of W.J. Keenan High, Gloria Johnson of Hopkins Elementary; and McArthur Young, Lower Richland High.

 Richland One’s 2005 retirees are: Susanna Ardis, A.C. Flora High; Lois Ball, Gibbes Middle; Sandra Bartley, Mill Creek Elementary; Mary Benton, Information Technology Services; Stephen Berwager, Special Education; Mark Beverly, Lower Richland High; Mary Blythe, Rosewood Elementary; Carolyn Boatwright, Arden Elementary; Doris Brown, Caughman Road Elementary; Sarah Brown, Crayton Middle; Rhonda Brown, Caughman Road Elementary; Carolyn T. Brown,  Office of Communications; Oliver Byars, Jr., Warehouse Services; Robert Chestnut, Management Services; Donna Cloer, Columbia High; Karen Cole, Information Technology Services; Patricia Cole, Pendergrass Fairwold School; Elouise Coleman, Columbia, High; Rhea Conger, Central Kitchen; Alice Cook, Meadowfield Elementary; Larnese Cook, Eau Claire Transportation Services; Nancy Dolo, Hopkins Middle; Elberta Dominick, Payroll Services; Glenda Ellis, W.S. Sandel Elementary; Dr. Ronald Epps, Superintendent’s Office; Irene Fields, Satchel Ford Elementary and Dorothy Fitzpatrick, W.A. Perry Middle.

Other retirees were: Betty Funderburk, E.E. Taylor Elementary; Barbara Gilley, Webber Elementary; Robert Goddard, Logan Elementary; Willie Goodwin-Garvin, Webber Elementary;  Shirley Green, Student Transportation Services; James Greene, Forest Heights Elementary; Linda Hallman, Student Support Services; Emily Harlin, Watkins-Nance Elementary; Eleanor Harris, Hopkins Middle; Leroy Holman, Alcorn Middle; Kathryn Huntley, Brennen Elementary; Verdiette Jackson, Central Kitchen; Thomas Jacobs, Burnside Elementary; Rosalind Johnson, Lower Richland Tansportation Office; Joan Johnson, Hand Middle; Rosa Johnson, Arden Elementary; Kelly Lee, Special Education; Carlton Love, Caughman Road Elementary; Thelma Mack, Columbia High; Jane Mann, Student Support Services;  Mary Martin, Lower Richland Transportation Office; Jeanette McBride, Heyward Career and Technology Center; Mary Michaelis, Pine Grove Elementary; Lois Miller, Gibbes Middle; Nancy Morgan, Hopkins Middle; Olive Mae Murray, Eau Claire High; Sandra Penick, Hand Middle; Barbara Perry, Hyatt Park Elementary; Alice Peterson, Pendergrass-Fairwold School; Johnnie Pough, W.J. Keenan High; Susan Pulliam, Hand Middle; and Samuel Robinson, Logan Elementary.

 

 Also, Emilie Rogers, H.B. Rhame; Deborah Ross, Burnside Elementary; Leola Ruff, St. Andrews Middle; Yolanda Salitrero, Human Resource Services; Lydia Sandiford, Columbia High; Marian Scott, Hyatt Park Elementary; Carrie Scott, Lower Richland High; Ronald Sewell, C.A. Johnson Preparatory Academy; Elke Smelser, Hopkins Middle; Mary Bell Smith, Gadsden Elementary; Dorothy Smith, Crayton Middle; Joan Smith, A.C. Flora High; Sarah Mae Smith, W.J. Keenan High; Doris Smith, E.E. Taylor Elementary; Elizabeth Spearman, Pine Grove Elementary; Mary Spencer, Central Services Facility; Pauline Stinson, Central Kitchen; Mary O. Stover, Columbia High/Human Resource Services; Sallie Sumter, Lower Richland Transportation Office; Emma Taylor, Columbia High; Betty Taylor, Mill Creek Elementary; Dorothy Terrell, Eau Claire High; Vernette Thompson, Dreher High; Joanna Turner, Caughman Road Elementary; Patricia Waddell, Southeast Middle; Betty Washington, Central Kitchen; Delphine Washington, Hyatt Park Elementary; Calvernetta Williams, Crayton Middle; Charles Williams, Hopkins, Middle; Alvin Williams, Maintenance Services; Chet Williamson, Lower Richland High; and Louis Wilson, Alcorn Middle.

 

 

 

 

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