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Rock Hill names 2016-17 school-level teachers of the year

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The 2016-17 Teachers of the Year have been named for each school and support program in the Rock Hill school district.

Each school- or program-level Teacher of the Year is eligible to be named the District Teacher of the Year, to be announced in August.

The honorees for each school or program and their teaching areas are:

High schools

▪ Northwestern – Lisa Citro, physical education

▪ Rock Hill – Wendy Rollings, special education

▪ South Pointe – Jessica Kramer, English

▪ Applied Technology Center – Donna Tinkler, health science

Middle schools

▪ Castle Heights – Jason Ramey, seventh-grade social studies

▪ Dutchman Creek – Crystal Gantt, seventh-grade science

▪ Rawlinson Road – Kayla Robinson, family and consumer science

▪ Saluda Trail – Clayton (CJ) Denio, sixth-grade math

▪ Sullivan – Shannon Higgins, eighth-grade science

Elementary schools

▪ Belleview – Meghan Carter, Reading Recovery

▪ The Children’s School – Bobbie Comer, lower elementary Montessori

▪ Ebenezer Avenue – James Daigle, fifth grade

▪ Ebinport – Kari Doster, first grade

▪ Finley Road – Andrea Allen, Reading Recovery

▪ Independence – Ashley Miller, fifth grade

▪ India Hook – Heather King, fourth grade

▪ Lesslie – Thomasina Curenton, fifth grade

▪ Mt. Gallant – Carly Varndore, second grade

▪ Mt. Holly – Sondra Campbell, second grade

▪ Northside School for the Arts – Hope Guffey, second grade

▪ Oakdale – Jolandra White, media specialist

▪ Old Pointe – Kizzie Kirkpatrick, kindergarten

▪ Richmond Drive – Amanda Stallings, kindergarten

▪ Rosewood – Terri Gaskill, third-grade English in French immersion

▪ Sunset Park Center for Accelerated Studies – Meghan Switzer, second grade

▪ York Road – Debra Nicholson, first grade

Support programs

▪ Alternative Programs – Diane Slater, math, at Rebound

▪ Central Child Development Center – Margaret Joiner, 4-year-old kindergarten

▪ Exceptional Education – Heather Dillingham, itinerant special education

This story was originally published May 4, 2016 at 12:57 PM with the headline "Rock Hill names 2016-17 school-level teachers of the year."

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