Congratulations to The Texarkana-Area Rotary Teachers of the Year

Rotary International recently held a banquet to honor all of the most recent Teacher's of the Year from our area school districts. We at Townsquare Media - Texarkana would also like to congratulate the these Teachers of the Year from the four districts in Texarkana:

Texarkana Arkansas School District

Texarkana Arkansas School District - Campus Teachers of the Year 2025

• College Hill Pre-K Center – Kristal Pascoe
• Fairview Academy of Humanities and Innovation – Lisa Barker
• Harmony Academy of Music and the Arts - Shannon Roberson
• Kilpatrick Academy of Public Service - Jana Edwards
• North Heights Community School- Jay Kennedy
• Trice Academy of Performing Arts – Heather Belgarde
• Arkansas Middle School- Mollie White
• Arkansas High School- Dirk McLelland

• TASD District Teacher of the Year 2024 – Karen McDowell (Above)

Liberty Eylau School District - Campus Teachers of the Year:

• Early Childhood Center: Latoya Smith
• Elementary School: Stephanie Francis
• Middle School: LaBrandon McDaniel
• High School: Christa Kimble
• School of Success: Shalondia Hamilton

• LE District Elementary Teacher of the Year 2024: Valerie Ray (Above Left)
• LE District Secondary Teacher of the Year 2024: Bimal Ghimire (Above Right)

Texarkana Independent School District - Campus Teachers of the Year:

• Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center-Jacqueline Hill
• Highland Park Elementary-Gaby Valle
• Martha and Josh Morriss Mathematics & Engineering Elementary School-Nicole Ayers
• Nash Elementary-Shelli Brown
• Spring Lake Park Elementary-Mackenzie Wood
• Theron Jones Early Literacy Center-Katy Matamoros
• Waggoner Creek Elementary-Matt Hughes
• Wake Village Elementary-Jessica Haugh
• Westlawn Elementary-Ebony White
• Texas Middle School-Patsy Griffin
• Texas High School-Cathryn Diaz
• OPTIONS Early Graduation High School-Julie Steitler
• SDAEP-Mendell Glass

TISD District Teachers of the Year 2024- 25

• Elementary Teacher of the Year-Tiy Gellington (Above Left)
• Secondary Teacher of the Year-Mark Ahrens (Above Right)

Pleasant Grove Independent School District - Campus Teachers of the Year:

• Melissa Thornberry - Margaret Fischer Davis Elementary
• Vanessa Nicklas - Pleasant Grove Intermediate School
• Jennifer Newton - Pleasant Grove Middle School
• Jody Plunk - Pleasant Grove High School

• District Elementary Teacher of the Year – Summer Freeman
• District Secondary Teacher of the Year – Kyle Krobot