The following teachers were nominated to represent their schools:
Cheraw Primary-Tish Hitesman
Petersburg Primary-Terry Huntley
Ruby Elementary-Amy Wallace
Edwards Elementary-Amy Carter
Plainview Elementary-Ann Beasley
Jefferson Elementary-Toni Allison
McBee Elementary-Melissa Winburn
Cheraw Intermediate-Candace Godfrey
Pageland Elementary-Nancy Wagnon
Chesterfield Ruby Middle-Cheryl Jordan
New Heights Middle-Louanne Smith
Long Middle School-Terri Garrell
McBee High School-Melissa Hicks
Central High School-Mark Black
Chesterfield High School-Ashley Stancil
Cheraw High School-Brooke Rohleder
Four of these teachers represented Chesterfield County at the Pee Dee International Reading Association fall meeting. They were Amy Carter, Tish Hitesman, Terri Garrell, and Melissa Hicks. They created displays to showcase the outstanding work in their classrooms and to highlight the best practices related to literacy. After a selection process which included interviews by representatives of the PDIRA, I am pleased to announce that the Pee Dee Distinguished Reading Teacher representing secondary schools is Melissa Hicks. She is also named the Chesterfield County Distinguished Reading Teacher. Melissa is a seventh grade teacher at McBee High School. She will represent our district at the SCIRA conference in February. All of our Distinguished Reading Teachers will be recognized at the November School Board meeting.
Please congratulate all of these teachers on this accomplishment! They are all wonderful examples of Distinguished Reading Teachers and are outstanding representatives for their schools.