Uº£½ÇÉçÇø, UMM alumni, graduate students named County Teachers of the Year
Alumni of the University of º£½ÇÉçÇø and University of º£½ÇÉçÇø at Machias are among the teachers being honored as 2021 º£½ÇÉçÇø County Teachers of the Year.
The º£½ÇÉçÇø Department of Education and Educate º£½ÇÉçÇø announced the honorees in a virtual ceremony on Wednesday, May 12. Six of the 16 teachers selected have degrees from Uº£½ÇÉçÇø or UMM; four are current Uº£½ÇÉçÇø graduate students.
Aroostook County Teacher of the Year: Andrew Kirby, B.S. in secondary education from UMM; B.A. in biology from UMM; M.Ed. in instructional technology from Uº£½ÇÉçÇø (anticipated 2023)
School: Presque Isle High School
District: RSU 79/MSAD 1
Communities: Castle Hill, Chapman, Mapleton, Presque Isle, Westfield
Subject: Science
Grade Level: 9-12
Years Teaching: 13
Kennebec County Teacher of the Year: Raye Anne DeSoto, B.A. in English (technical writing concentration) from Uº£½ÇÉçÇø; elementary and secondary education certification from Uº£½ÇÉçÇø; gifted and talented endorsement from Uº£½ÇÉçÇø; Master of Arts in Teaching from Uº£½ÇÉçÇø (anticipated 2022)
School: Gardiner Area High School
District: RSU 11/MSAD 11
Communities: Gardiner, Pittston, Randolph, West Gardiner
Subject: Science
Grade Level: K-12
Years Teaching: 20
Penobscot County Teacher of the Year: Kelsey Stoyanova, B.S. in secondary education (English concentration) from Uº£½ÇÉçÇø; M.Ed. in literacy education from Uº£½ÇÉçÇø; M.Ed. in educational leadership from Uº£½ÇÉçÇø (anticipated 2023)
School: Reeds Brook Middle School
District: RSU 22
Communities: Frankfort, Hampden, Newburgh, Winterport
Subject: English Language Arts
Grade Level: 8
Years Teaching: 7
Piscataquis County Teacher of the Year: Lisa Martell, B.S. in mathematics education from Uº£½ÇÉçÇø
School: Piscataquis Community Secondary School
District: RSU 80/MSAD 4
Communities: Abbot, Cambridge, Guilford, Parkman, Sangerville, Wellington
Subject: Mathematics
Grade Level: 9-12
Years Teaching: 32
Waldo County Teacher of the Year: Hillary Hoyt, B.A. in elementary education from Uº£½ÇÉçÇø
School: Leroy H. Smith School
District: RSU 22
Communities: Frankfort, Hampden, Newburgh, Winterport
Subject: Elementary Education
Grade Level: 3
Years Teaching: 7
Washington County Teacher of the Year: Diana Mahar, B.S. in elementary education from UMM; M.Ed. in instructional technology from Uº£½ÇÉçÇø (anticipated 2022)
School: Sipayik Elementary School
District: Bureau of Indian Education
Communities: Pleasant Point, Perry
Subject: Elementary Education
Grade Level: 5
Years Teaching: 6
º£½ÇÉçÇø County Teachers of the Year, who are selected by a panel of teachers, principals and business leaders from each county, serve as ambassadors for teachers, students and education throughout the state. They will participate in the intensive º£½ÇÉçÇø State Teacher of the Year selection process, with finalists and a winner to be announced later this year.
More information about the 2021 º£½ÇÉçÇø County Teachers of the Year is on the º£½ÇÉçÇø Department of Education and the Educate º£½ÇÉçÇø .