BY TODD SCHOLL
CERRA congratulates the five finalists for 2021 SC Teacher of the Year. These five teachers are distinguished as "Honor Roll Teachers." One of them will serve a one-year residency with us at CERRA during the 2020-21 school year.
The Finalists
These five teachers will play an instrumental role in developing teacher leadership throughout the state over the next year. We look forward to working with them and thank them for being outstanding ambassadors of the teaching profession.
CERRA congratulates the five finalists for 2021 SC Teacher of the Year. These five teachers are distinguished as "Honor Roll Teachers." One of them will serve a one-year residency with us at CERRA during the 2020-21 school year.
The Finalists
- Ashley Bennett, a seventh grade mathematics teacher at Woodruff Middle School
(Spartanburg Four)
- Sarah Gams, a tenth through twelfth grade English teacher at Spring Hill High School
(Lexington-Richland Five) - Shawn Norris, a physical education teacher at Satchel Ford Elementary School
(Richland One) - Tanya Peckham, a first grade teacher at Wilder Elementary School
(Sumter) - Rick Whitmore, a ninth through twelfth grade Spanish teacher at York Comprehensive High School
(York One)
These five teachers will play an instrumental role in developing teacher leadership throughout the state over the next year. We look forward to working with them and thank them for being outstanding ambassadors of the teaching profession.