PUTNAM COUNTY – The Putnam County School System honored the 2021 Teachers of the Year at a luncheon May 3 during National Teacher Appreciation Week.
“We were so honored to recognize these wonderful teachers,” said Corby King, director of schools. “They are the best of the best in our schools this year and we had a wonderful afternoon honoring them.”
Every year a teacher from each district level is chosen as the District Teacher of the Year.
The 2021 recipients for the Putnam County School System District Teacher of the Year were:
- Elementary – Haley McCulley, Algood Elementary School
- Middle- Brian Webster, Prescott South Elementary School
- Secondary – Claudia Zavala, Cookeville High School
Elementary School Teacher of the Year Honorees
- Algood Elementary School, Haley McCulley
- Baxter Primary School, Shannon Haggard
- Cane Creek Elementary, McKenzie Gabriel
- Capshaw Elementary, Emily Jones
- Cornerstone Elementary, Mallory Matthews
- Jere Whitson Elementary, Whitney Pastorial
- Northeast Elementary, Jori Nash
- Park View Elementary, Candace Asher
- Prescott South Elementary, Kristie Jones
- Sycamore Elementary, Becky Phillips
Middle School Teacher of the Year Honorees
- Algood Middle School, Hillary Valdez
- Avery Trace Middle School, Hannah Mahaney
- Burks Elementary, Marcy Milligan
- Prescott South Middle School, Brian Webster
- Upperman Middle School, Eunesa Harris
High School Teacher of the Year Honorees
- Adult Learning Center, Melody Rutledge
- Cookeville High School, Claudia Zavala
- Monterey High School, Kelly Nixon
- Upperman High School, Mark Livesay
- White Plains Academy, Kristen Vasek
- VITAL, Rebecca Maynard
