Teacher Of The Year Finalists Announced In Anne Arundel County

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD - The five finalists for 2024 Anne Arundel County Public Schools Teacher of the Year were announced Thursday.

AACPS said the finalists are:

• Patrick Alexander, instrumental music, Piney Orchard Elementary School
• Jesse Bragg, math, Meade Middle School
• Amy Chitwood, special education, Ridgeway Elementary School
• Elizabeth Heist, music, Lake Shore Elementary School
• Kellie Skinner, special education, Annapolis High School

Superintendent Mark Bedell and other officials surprised each finalist with a Thursday visit to share the good news.

The two finalists for Anne Arundel County Independent Schools Teacher of the Year are:

• Clinton Kittrell, science, The Summit School
• Tiffany Wenck, math, St. Paul’s Lutheran School

The winners, finalists, semifinalists and nominees will be among 69 Anne Arundel County teachers honored at the 38th Annual Excellence in Education Awards. That event is on May 3 at The Hall @ Live! Arundel Mills in Hanover.

The county Teacher of the Year winner will go on to represent AACPS in the Maryland Teacher of the Year contest.

The statewide Teacher of the Year winner has been from AACPS in three of the past six years.

Mary Kay Connerton of Annapolis High School (2023), Teresa Beilstein of South Shore Elementary School (2020) and Josh Carroll of South River High School (2018) all won statewide Teacher of the Year as well.

Anybody interested in sponsoring the 2024 Excellence in Education Awards celebration can contact Leathia Fletcher at [email protected] or 410-266-3287. Sponsorships and tickets are available at EiE2024.givesmart.com.

These are all the nominees for Teacher of the Year. Anybody with an asterisk was a semifinalist.

• Roxanne Angerer, Severna Park High School
• Nikki Baker, Jones Elementary School
• Emily Beer, Freetown Elementary School
• Jennifer Benes, Manor View Elementary School
• Jessica Berstein, Severn River Middle School
• Kylie Blankinship, Chesapeake High School
• Alison Bowers, Brooklyn Park Middle School*
• Carol Brinkley, Mary Moss at J. Albert Adams Academy
• Kandice Brune, Belle Grove Elementary School
• Randi Burkhardt, Arundel Middle School
• Kayt Capasso, Georgetown East Elementary School*
• Cara Nicole Chambers, Brooklyn Park Elementary School
• Stephanie Clampitt, Point Pleasant Elementary School
• Cindy Contreras, Tyler Heights Elementary School*
• Stephanie Danza, Annapolis Area Christian School
• Elizabeth Davidson, Crofton Middle School
• Brandy Dorr, Old Mill Middle School South*
• Carly Ellis, Fort Smallwood Elementary School
• Lori Fish, Solley Elementary School
• Kate Ganley, Crofton High School
• James Grim, Old Mill High School*
• Nancy X. Harmon, Ruth Parker Eason School
• Kristin Haynie, Marley Elementary School*
• Morgan Heymann, North County High School
• Amy Hughes, Severna Park Middle School
• Malia Johnston, Magothy River Middle School*
• Melissa Kratsas, George Cromwell Elementary School
• Nick Konstantopoulos, Glen Burnie High School
• Hayden Lambert, Wiley H. Bates Middle School
• Jamie Landis, Waugh Chapel Elementary School
• Kelly Leary, Glendale Elementary School*
• Shelby Ledger, Broadneck High School
• Alyssa Lowman, Mills-Parole Elementary School
• Colleen Murphy Ayala, Annapolis Middle School
• Jane Newton, Southern Middle School
• Courtney Oltman, Folger McKinsey Elementary School
• Paula Perry, AACPS Virtual Academy
• Nicole Pope, Hilltop Elementary School
• Ramish Qutab, Lindale Middle School
• Andrea Ranaghan, Old Mill Middle School North
• Debra Roat, Linthicum Elementary School
• Shannon Riley, South River High School
• Renee Lauren Robbins, Deale Elementary School
• Scott Roberts, Corkran Middle School
• Caitlin Rzepkowski, Tracy’s Elementary School
• Corinne Shuck Seidel, Broadneck Elementary School*
• Amy Sherlock, Arundel High School
• Nicole Shouse, Seven Oaks Elementary School
• Sarah Skinner, Center of Applied Technology – North*
• Samantha Skoczylas, Millersville Elementary School
• Diannette M. Soto-Barreto, Marley Middle School
• Tara Stapler, Central Middle School
• Pamela Stein, Monarch Global Academy
• Joshua L. Thompson, Northeast Middle School
• Terry D. Tuttle, Shady Side Elementary School
• Kate Veasel, Pasadena Elementary School
• Malieka Walton, Chesapeake Bay Middle School
• Karen M. Wilson, Edgewater Elementary School
• Cynthia White, St. John the Evangelist
• Amy Jakubowski Wukitch, Woodside Elementary School
• Susie Zacepilo, Lothian Elementary School
• Bridget Zimmerman, Germantown Elementary School