Richland One Names 2004-05 Teacher of the Year and Classified Employee of the Year

Richland One honored the district’s Outstanding Teachers of the Year, Substitute Teacher of the Year finalists, 2004 retirees and Classified Employee of the Year nominees during Celebration 2004, an evening gala on May 12.

Dr. Cliff Barrineau, Dreher High’s Outstanding Teacher of the Year, was named as Richland One’s Teacher of the Year for 2004-05 and will represent the district in State Teacher of the Year competition. A 19-year veteran, he teaches Algebra II, SAT math and Pre-Calculus at Dreher and Geometry and Math Team at Hand Middle School. Earlier this year, he was named as recipient of the prestigious Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award and received National Board-Certification.

Barrineau received his undergraduate degree from Francis Marion and His master’s and doctorate from the University of South Carolina. A nationally board-certified teacher, he serves as coach of Hand’s championship MathCounts and math teams as well as Dreher High’s award-winning SAT and math teams.

His professional affiliations include the South Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the National Middle School Association.
He is a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church where he serves as a canter with the choir and works with Troop 100 Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts. He also is a member of Dreher’s band and athletic booster clubs.

Other finalists for Teacher of the Year were Veronica Davis, South Kilbourne Elementary School; Chantis Edens, Southeast Middle School; Presphonia Perkins, Hyatt Park Elementary School; and Jane Schwantes, Logan Elementary School.

Outstanding Teachers of the Year for 2004-05 are: Helen Schell, Hand Middle; Katherine Ligon, Meadowfield Elementary; Tonia Griffin, A.C. Moore Elementary; Renee Culler, Rosewood Elementary; Rachel Cooper, Lower Richland High; Edith Fogle, Hopkins Middle; Scott Gandy, Caughman Road Elementary; Mary Smith, Gadsden Elementary; Kimberly Bennett-Lee, Hopkins Elementary; John Brown, Jr., Horrell Hill Elementary; Jeannie Palen, Mill Creek Elementary; Dana Amaker, Webber Elementary; and Melvin Ancrum, Heyward Career and Technology Center; Deborah Robinson, A.C. Flora High; Laura Lee Shaleuly, Crayton Middle; Jane Ward, Brennen Elementary; Patricia Hornsby, Brockman Elementary; David Lander, Burnside Elementary; Gina Morris, Satchel Ford Elementary; Leah Scott, C.A. Johnson Preparatory Academy; Wayman Stover, W. A. Perry Middle; Nichole Folsom, Carver-Lyon Elementary; David Jackson, Watkins-Nance Elementary; Carolyn Cleveland, W.J. Keenan High; Lallie Brown, W.G. Sanders Middle; Margo Jackson, Bradley Elementary; Natasia Walker, Burton-Pack Elementary; Amiynah Al Muslim, Lewis Greenview Elementary; Victoria Osborne, Pendergrass Fairwold School; Joyce Freeman, Columbia High; Wanda Wylie, St. Andrews Middle; Wilma Winslow, Pine Grove Elementary; Stefhanie Ross, H.B. Rhame Elementary; Adrena Jackson, Eau Claire High; Desiree Smith, Alcorn Middle; Walter Priester, Gibbes Middle; Wanda Turner, Arden Elementary; Derek Morgan, Forest Heights Elementary; Meredeith Primus, E.E. Taylor Elementary; and LaVerne Youmans, John P. Thomas Elementary.

The 2004-05 Classified Employee of the Year is Misha Lawyer, registered dietician in Student Nutrition Services. Lawyer is responsible for the nutritional health of more than 16,000 students and employees who eat in school cafeterias daily as well as nutritional education in the district
In the three years she has been with the district, Lawyer has established Student Nutrition Advisories at every district middle and high school. She speaks at PTO and SIC meetings and church groups on health and nutrition and is co-producer of "Living Smart," a series that looks at nutrition and health topics using Richland One students that is broadcast on ROTV, Time Warner Channel 12. This year, she coordinated the district’s first-ever Healthy Foods and Lifestyle Exposition.

A Ph.D. candidate in biochemistry-human metabolism, she holds a B.S. from the University of Texas, a M.S. in nutritional science with an emphasis in biochemistry from Texas Women’s University and completed her dietetic internship at Texas Medical Center.

Lawyer’s professional affiliations include the American Dietetic Association, Society of Nutritional Educators, Healthy Kids Network, South Carolina Anti-Hunger Network and School Nutrition Services Dietetic Practice Group.

Classified Employee of the Year finalists were Janet Gates, Brennen Elementary; Catherine Scott, Southeast Middle; Carla Taylor, Webber Elementary and Joice Watson, Dreher High.
Classified Employee of the Year nominees were: Earline Taylor, Hand Middle; Margaret Bouknight, Gadsden Elementary; Terry Fuller, Horrell Hill Elementary; Brenda Robinson, Heyward Career and Technology Center; Kelly Cagle, Crayton Middle; Stephanie Lloyd, Burnside Elementary; Annie Moore, Burnside Elementary; Beth Sellers, Burnside Elementary; Connie Walker, Burnside Elementary; Joy Taylor, Satchel Ford Elementary; Rosalyn Peterson, W.A. Perry Middle; Leon Washington, Bradley Elementary; Helen Barnes, Burton-Pack Elementary; Wayne Henry, Lewis Greenview Elementary; Alice Peterson, Pendergrass Fairwold; Pamela Forbes, St. Andrews Middle; Crystal Kennedy, Pine Grove Elementary; Mattie Garnett, Gibbes Middle; Billie Wheeler, Forest Heights Elementary; Saundrina Wannamaker, E.E. Taylor Elementary; Pamela Hurndon, John P. Thomas Elementary; and Diahnnie Helper, Adult and Community Education.

Patricia Lare, lead substitute at Hand Middle School, was named as Substitute Teacher of the Year. Lucy LeClair of Caughman Road Elementary and Bonnie Tucker of Substitute Services were finalists.

Substitute of the Year nominees included Vivian Brewer, Brockman Elementary; Barbara Bluemle, H.B. Rhame Elementary; Maranda Bryant, Tammara Smith, and Richard L. Vaughn, Substitute Services.

Richland One’s 2004 retirees include: David Huddleton and Sharon Shackleford, Dreher High; Marianne Harvin, Lincoln Lawton and Mary Long, Hand Middle School; Carol Honess, Meadowfield Elementary; Carolyn Brawley, A.C. Moore Elementary; Martha Durst, Rosewood Elementary; Carletta Brown, South Kilbourne Elementary; Jerlene Harris, Lower Richland High; Nell Beard and Clara McLaughlin, Hopkins Middle; Roy Edwards, Evelyn Harris and Annie Washington, Webber Elementary; and Barbara Price and Melva Williams, Heyward Career and Technology Center; Helen Jones, Area Superintendent; Patricia Drews, Lurie Roberts and Ann Summer, A.C. Flora High; Deborah Gold, David Lee, Elvira Oakland and Suzanne Robinson, Crayton Middle; Sue Hines, Susie Mitchell and Margaret Stover, Brennen Elementary; Janet Kittrell, Burnside Elementary; John Bouknight, Carver-Lyon Elementary; Rosa Shepard, Watkins-Nance Elementary; Mary Roberts and Lottie Simmons, W.J. Keenan High; George Brown, W.G. Sanders Middle; Ruth Sewell and Rachel Turner, Bradley Elementary; Mary Daniels and Kenneth Green, Burton-Pack Elementary; and Shirley Levy and Geneva Williams, Lewis Greenview Elementary.

Other retirees are: Rebecca Gadson, Stanley Godfrey, Nancy Jackson, Ouidasue Nash and Gardenia Sligh, Columbia High; Jean Beckham and Harry Golderer, St. Andrews Middle; Elizabeth Alexander, Logan Elementary; JoAnn Helms, Pine Grove Elementary; Emilie Rogers, Ruth Schneider, Ann Waites, Joyce Rueter and Elsie Todd, W.S. Sandel Elementary; Vivian Cantrell, Mattie Davis and Vincent Gilroy, Eau Claire High; Robert Cherry and Ruth Myers, Alcorn Middle; Virginia Covington, David Hines and Judy Jordan, Gibbes Middle; Margaret Hill, Arden Elementary; Betty Nixon, Forest Heights Elementary; Jessie Brown, Hattie Erving, Peggy Clore, and Hazella Colter, E.E. Taylor Elementary; Cynthia Hall and Katherine O’Connor, John P. Thomas Elementary; James Baker III, Valeria Prince and Roger Wells Jr., Richland One Alternative ; Willie Gilyard and Nancy Harmon, Adult and Community Education; Shirley Clark, Heyward Career and Technology Center; Hattie Boyd-Smith and Hilda Gainey, Central Kitchen;
Jane Burns, Developmental programs; William Bates and Wayne Frazier, Maintenance Services; Linda Bowers, Title One Office; Barbara Case, Student Transportation; Beverly Dauth, Shirley Green, Carolyn Karst, Elnora Payne and Carrie Richardson, Student Support Services; and Bobby Joe Mullins, Warehouse Services.