Putnam City Teacher of the Year Finalists Named
Five
Putnam City teachers have been selected as finalists for the district’s Teacher
of the Year. The finalists are:
•
Amy Harmon, History teacher, Capps Middle School
•
Eric Lyons, Art teacher, Putnam City West High School
•
Anne-Marie Oestriecher, English teacher, Western Oaks Middle School
•
Wendi Tejada, English as a Second Language teacher, Apollo Elementary School
•
Vicki Vaughan, Mathematics teacher, Cooper Middle School
The
five finalists, along with teachers of the year from every school, will be
honored at the district’s annual Teacher of the Year reception beginning at 6
p.m. on Monday, Feb. 22, at NEWCHURCH, 9201 N. Rockwell. During that same
program, one of the five finalists will be announced as the district’s teacher
of the year.
Each
year, every Putnam City school honors one of its teachers as the school’s
teacher of the year. These teachers are then entered into the district’s
Teacher of the Year program. The five finalists for district teacher of the
year are determined by a committee that includes district educators and a
school board member.
Next
week, the five finalists will be interviewed by a panel of business and
community leaders and district parents and educators, who will make a
recommendation for district teacher of the year.
The
district’s teacher of the year will become a nominee for Oklahoma teacher of
the year.
The Feb. 22 reception,
which is open to the public, is sponsored by the Putnam City Public Schools
Foundation.
Posted on
Thursday, February 4, 2010
by Steve Lindley