Pasco County’s Teacher of the Year Holly Mickler, center.Photos provided by Holly Mickler. On the last Tuesday of school before the holiday break, one of the science teachers at Pasco Middle School (MS) in Dade City called fellow Pasco MS teacher Holly Mickler into her classroom to ask for some help judging science fair projects. Mickler’s students were working on … [Read more...]
Wesley Chapel’s Teachers of the Year!
The Wesley Chapel Neighborhood News congratulates this year’s Pasco County Teacher of the Year and School-Related Personnel of the Year nominees at Wesley Chapel’s 14 elementary, middle and high schools. The District-wide winners will be announced in January 2019. DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY TEACHER OF THE YEAR: James Collins SCHOOL-RELATED PERSONNEL OF THE YEAR: Denise … [Read more...]
Local Schools Produce Award Winners
Clark Teacher Named Hillsborough’s Reading Teacher Of The Year! The Hillsborough County Literacy Association (HCLA) has named Christy Gupta its Reading Teacher of the Year for all Hillsborough County schools. Gupta is a fifth grade teacher at Clark Elementary in West Meadows, teaching English Language Arts (ELA). She was nominated for the award by the school’s principal, … [Read more...]
Turner-Bartels Kindergarten Teacher Runner-Up For ‘Teacher Of The Year’
At the annual “Excellence in Education” awards banquet to be held February 28, Hillsborough County Public Schools announced the school district’s 2017 Teacher of the Year. Although she did not win, one of this year’s six finalists was Carrie Donatelli, a kindergarten teacher at Turner/Bartels K-8 School in New Tampa. “Just to be one of six finalists in Hillsborough County, … [Read more...]
Veterans Elementary teacher named county’s best
Rob Patterson moves from desk to desk around his fifth-grade math classroom at Veterans Elementary. One girl says she is confused, and he jokes, “that’s okay, it’s your birthday.” He remembered. He refers to another student by his nickname, and bounces around to help others on a fractions problem in an easy, soft-spoken style, often admiring his students’ handiwork. On Jan. … [Read more...]
