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JACKSON, Tenn. -- It is time to recognize this week's Educator of the Week. This week is recognizing Billy Patterson, a first grade teacher at Rose Hill School in Jackson. Patterson says his favorite part of teaching is being able…
HENDERSON, Tenn. -- We would like to recognize Jonathan Patel for his contributions to his classroom, students and school. Patel is a teacher at Chester County High School in Henderson. Patel says his favorite part of teaching is being able…
HAYWOOD, COUNTY, Tenn. -- We would like to recognize Ashton Blakeley for her contributions to her classroom, students and school. Blakeley is a fourth grade math teacher at East Side Intermediate in Haywood County. Blakeley says her favorite part of…
SAVANNAH, Tenn. -- We would like to recognize Baillie Hughes for her contributions to her classroom, students and school. Hughes is a math teacher at Hardin County High School in Savannah. Hughes says her favorite part of teaching is leaving…
HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. -- We would like to recognize Shelly Smith Russell for her contributions to her classroom, students and school. Russell is a teacher at Bargerton Elementary School in Henderson County. She says her favorite part of teaching is…
SAVANNAH, Tenn. -- It's time to recognize this week's Educator of the Week. This week WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News is recognizing Lacey Thompson, a kindergarten teacher at Paris South Elementary School in Savannah. Thompson says her favorite part about teaching…
BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. -- This week’s Educator of the Week, presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery, is Marianne Valdez. Valdez is the band director and music teacher at Haywood Middle School. This Tampa transplant…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- This week’s Educator of the Week, presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery, is Isaac Lane Elementary School teacher Ang O'Brien. The second grade teacher has taught all grade levels throughout…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- This week’s Educator of the Week, presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery, is Allison Estes. Estes has been with the West Tennessee School for the Deaf for seven years. Although…
MILAN, Tenn. -- This week’s Educator of the Week, presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery, is Susan Badgett, who's been a teacher for 33 years. Badgett has a specialized role at Milan Elementary…
YORKVILLE, Tenn. -- This week’s Educator of the Week, presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery, is Rachel Barber. Barber teaches seventh and eighth grade math at Yorkville Elementary. She splits her time teaching at…
ALAMO, Tenn. -- This week’s Educator of the Week, presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery, is Cindy Parlow. Parlow teaches kindergarten at Alamo City School. She has been dedicated to being an educator for…
HENDERSON, Tenn. -- This week’s Educator of the Week, presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery, is Mary Hicks. The Chester County High School teacher has been in the field for 14 years. She is…
HENDERSON, Tenn. -- It's time to recognize this week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery. Everyday, Todd Beaver gets to teach his favorite subject geometry at Chester County High…
PINSON, Tenn. -- This week’s Educator of the Week, presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery, is Danielle Wallace. Wallace has been a teacher for the past nine years. She's taught grades three through…
MADISON COUNTY, Tenn. -- This week’s Educator of the Week, presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery, is Carol Moore. Moore has been a teacher for 34 years. Moore has been continuing her family's role in education. Her mother was a…
ADAMSVILLE, Tenn. -- This week’s Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery is Toni Hardin. Hardin is currently a teacher at Adamsville Elementary School and has been a teacher for 27…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery is Jada Seaton. Seaton teaches social studies at Madison Academic Magnet High School and brings with her 20…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery is Jillian Davis. Davis has spent all 12 years of her teaching career at Pope Elementary. "I've always loved…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery is Cori Rose. As a Junior Kindergarten Teacher at University School of Jackson, Rose looks forward to coming work everyday and seeing the smile on…
LEXINGTON, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery is Amanda Lemmings. Lemmings is in her first year as a teacher at Bargerton Elementary School, and she says it's been an enjoyable experience. "It's…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery is Madelyn Musser. From one small town to another, Musser came from Maine to get her education in…
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery is sixth grade teacher Amy Little from East Elementary in Humboldt. The New Orleans native has come a long…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery is Barbara Chrystak. The West Bemis Middle School English Language Arts Teacher says she has grown just as much as her students during her 30…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- Christina Austin, known as Crystie, gets up around 5 a.m. every day, excited to get to her classroom at Denmark Elementary. "I know without a doubt that I was created to be…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery is Jill Tanner. Throughout her 18 years of teaching experience, Tanner has taught almost all grade levels, focusing on English Language Arts and, her favorite…
HORNSBY, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery is Doris West. During her years as a student in South Side High School, West participated in "Future Teachers of America," so being a teacher…
JACKSON, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery is Michelle Dunlap. Aside from teaching all levels of Spanish at North Side High School, she also coaches cross country…
BELLS, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery is Wesley Hart. Hart teaches fifth grade math at Bells Elementary. It's the same school he attended growing up, and…
HENDERSON, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery teaches at East Chester Elementary. Morgan Cunningham wakes up at 5 a.m. every day, looking forward to her time with…
BOLIVAR, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery teaches at Bolivar Elementary School. Tanya Pierce always knew what she wanted to be growing up — a teacher. The…
LEXINGTON, Tenn. -- This week’s Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery is kindergarten teacher Crystal Dick. Dick is a teacher at Caywood Elementary and loves being there for her students as…
DECATUR COUNTY, Tenn. -- This week's Educator of the Week presented by the Tennessee Education Lottery teaches elementary students in Parsons. Coach Cory Hernandez at Parsons Elementary School has always had a passion for being…
