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Teachers of the Year

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2024-2025 Teachers of the Year

Elementary School Level
Teacher of the Year 
and District Teacher of the Year
Middle School Level
Teacher of the Year
High School Level
Teacher of the Year



Karen Wright

Shelly Quance

Jasmin Molina

Big Shanty Elementary School

Palmer Middle School

Osborne High School



2024-2025 Individual Teachers of the Year

Selected from amongst their peers, the Teachers of the Year are some of the best and most celebrated educators in our district. Highlighted for their expert use of instructional and academic strategies, the list of Teachers of the Year represents Cobb's most distinguished and well-respected professionals. They are known as teacher leaders, tireless champions of their students, and mentors and coaches of their fellow educators and staff.

Congratulations to this year's Teachers of the Year!

  

SchoolName
Acworth Elementary SchoolFrances Wheeler
Addison Elementary SchoolMichele Sampson
Allatoona High SchoolMarie Sherbondy
Argyle Elementary SchoolJanet Sweeney
AspireLorin Rosado
Austell Elementary SchoolWhitney Sutherland
Awtrey Middle SchoolWesley Auld
Baker Elementary SchoolDebbie Chrzanowski
Barber Middle SchoolGeraldine Lee
Bells Ferry Elementary SchoolBarbara Barrington
Belmont Hills Elementary SchoolMelissa Weatherford
Betty Gray Middle SchoolPatrenia Gooden
Big Shanty Elementary SchoolKaren Wright
Birney Elementary SchoolJulie Cleary
Blackwell Elementary SchoolCourtney LaPonsey
Brumby Elementary SchoolKrista Smith
Bryant Elementary SchoolTiphanie McClenton
Bullard Elementary SchoolKatie Oden
Campbell High SchoolChantae Pittman
Campbell Middle SchoolTerese Forbes
Chalker Elementary SchoolMeredith Barz
Cheatham Hill Elementary SchoolBecky Grove
City View Elementary SchoolMarilyn Ware
Clarkdale Elementary SchoolDarius Jones
Clay Harmony Leland Elementary SchoolPriscella Key
Cobb Horizon High SchoolJennifer Pritt
Cobb Innovation & Technology AcademyJohn Martin
Cobb Online Learning AcademyCourtney Riggs
Compton Elementary SchoolTara Harris
Cooper Middle SchoolAshley Idowu
Daniell Middle SchoolKanika  Nolasco
Davis Elementary SchoolMelissa Bujnoch
Dickerson Middle SchoolJenna Lawrence
Dodgen Middle SchoolDavid Gabel
Dowell Elementary SchoolShannon Jones
Due West Elementary SchoolTiffany Cali
Durham Middle SchoolCrecy Peterson
East Cobb Middle School Jamiliah Weathersby
East Side Elementary SchoolLisa Kiel
Eastvalley Elementary SchoolAlyson Merritt
Fair Oaks Elementary SchoolAshlee Slade-Ross
Floyd Middle SchoolBelinda Bivens-Redding
Ford Elementary SchoolShawna Plunkert
Frey Elementary SchoolElizabeth Gulley
Garrett Middle SchoolMargaret Perdue
Garrison Mill Elementary SchoolColleen Crotty
Green Acres Elementary SchoolTalita Dasaro
Griffin Middle SchoolAdam Mullis
Harrison High SchoolMonica Doriney
Hayes Elementary SchoolMandy Gregory
Hendricks Elementary SchoolKenshia Reedus-McDonald
Hightower Trail Middle SchoolKati Stewart
Hillgrove High SchoolLaura Voyles
Hollydale Elementary SchoolAnne Garrett
Keheley Elementary SchoolKatie Biello
Kell High SchoolLauren Forbes
Kemp Elementary SchoolCortney Paxson
Kennesaw Elementary SchoolCatherine White
Kennesaw Mountain High SchoolBrooklyn Bartlett
Kincaid Elementary SchoolBrittney Billingslea
King Springs Elementary SchoolHaleigh  Coleman
LaBelle Elementary SchoolJessica Turner
Lassiter High SchoolErin Corbin
Lewis Elementary SchoolStephanie Fuchs
Lindley Middle SchoolSaundra Howard
Lost Mountain Middle SchoolMichelle Thrash
Lovinggood Middle SchoolKaren Slaton
Mableton Elementary SchoolJoe Showers
Mabry Middle SchoolEvan Howard
McCall Elementary SchoolKimberly Reed
McCleskey Middle SchoolSamuel Foster
McClure Middle SchoolTina Penny
McEachern High SchoolRyan Furr
Milford Elementary SchoolKatherine Busby
Mount Bethel Elementary SchoolColleen Jankovich
Mountain View Elementary SchoolAmmie Bradley
Murdock Elementary SchoolJennifer Kelly
Nicholson Elementary SchoolAndrea Vernon
Nickajack Elementary SchoolBrittani Dennis
North Cobb High SchoolKathy Ezzell
Norton Park Elementary SchoolSarah  Moimoi
Osborne High SchoolJasmin Molina
Palmer Middle SchoolShelly Quance
Pearson Middle SchoolJoshua Puckett
Pebblebrook High SchoolElaine Rojas-Dunbar
Pickett's Mill Elementary SchoolWade Okuno
Pine Mountain Middle SchoolAnn Sherman
Pitner Elementary SchoolShayla Thomas
Pope High SchoolPeter Trentacoste
Powder Springs Elementary SchoolJoi Jackson 
Powers Ferry Elementary SchoolHeather Conklin
Riverside Elementary SchoolFrances Zimmer
Rocky Mount Elementary SchoolAdrian Aumann
Russell Elementary SchoolWalida Byars
Sanders Elementary SchoolGabriele Bunz-Conner
Sedalia Park Elementary SchoolEmily Tongamoa
Shallowford Falls Elementary SchoolJamie Nichols
Simpson Middle SchoolKatey Crispo
Smitha Middle SchoolCarilea Franck
Smyrna Elementary SchoolSheena Gibson
Sope Creek Elementary SchoolChristy Roberts
South Cobb High SchoolSherrod Rainge
South Cobb Learning CenterJanet Garcia-Sanchez
Sprayberry High SchoolEmily Beatty
Still Elementary SchoolAudrey Seivers
Tapp Middle SchoolTakosha Parks
Teasley Elementary SchoolYashira Willis
Timber Ridge Elementary SchoolRon Rabil
Tritt Elementary SchoolAlison  Friend
Varner Elementary SchoolAngela Murray
Vaughan Elementary SchoolJulie Chow
Walton High SchoolRachel Cook
Wheeler High SchoolWill Dezern

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