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South River’s Jodie Hogan Named Teacher of the Year
Summit School's Debora Coates Consugar won the honor of Private Schools Teacher of the Year at the Excellence in Education Awards on Monday night.
Anne Arundel County’s top educators gathered in one place Monday for an evening devoted to thanking them for all their hard work.
The top honor of the 2012-2013 Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) Teacher of the Year went to South River High School Spanish teacher Jodie Hogan.
“It feels amazing, absolutely amazing and it is such a blessing to be able to represent Anne Arundel County,” Hogan said. “I just feel incredibly blessed because I really love what I do.”
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Debora Coates Consugar, a teacher at The Summit School, was named the 2012-2013 Private Schools Teacher of the Year.
“I am overwhelmed,” Consugar said. “I don’t know how I can top this … The people I work with are amazing people.”
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Hogan and Consugar, along with the 50 other teacher nominees, were all honored Monday night at the 27th annual Excellence in Education Awards banquet held at the BWI Marriott Hotel in Linthicum.
“The annual Teacher of the Year gala is about recognizing outstanding teachers across our county,” said AACPS Superintendent Kevin Maxwell. “They show a passion. When we go to visit the finalists you just see a passion in the classroom that is contagious.”
Hogan is the first South River teacher—and first world and classical languages teacher—to win the award since its inception in the 1986-1987 school year. Hogan began teaching at South River in 1999 and has spent her entire career with the school.
While Hogan’s smile could hardly be contained after she won, there may have been one person in the room more excited than she was—her husband, Patrick Hogan.
“Oh my gosh he was so excited,” Hogan said. “I was trying to stay very calm and he was very nervous.”
In her acceptance speech Hogan thanked her family, including her husband and her mother who was also on hand at the banquet. She credited her principal for his encouragement, but said it’s the students who really inspire her to excel.
“I have such a passion for teaching,” Hogan said. “I love my students. It is exciting to see them learn and watch them learn every day. To be recognized for that is just an incredible feeling.”
Hogan’s incredible feeling was written all over her face as the night came to an end. The Teacher of the Year couldn’t stop smiling. But perhaps the only smile in the room that was brighter than Hogan’s was that of her husband.
“He is my number one cheerleader,” Hogan added.
Here is a complete list of all the nominees honored on Monday:
- Michele Agnes, George T. Cromwell Elementary School
- Denise Augustine, Central Elementary School
- Lori-Ann Balzano, Davidsonville Elementary School
- Lesley Beavers, George Fox Middle School
- Danielle Bender, Mayo Elementary School
- Jennifer Bender, Chesapeake High School
- Rachael Brazier, Marley Elementary School
- Lisa Burns, Deale Elementary School
- Jessica Francis Caldwell, Southern Middle School
- Taryn Carter, Severn Elementary School
- Debora Coates Consugar, The Summit School
- Jaime Cooper, Corkran Middle School
- Tim Decker, Eagle Cove School
- James Dell, North County High School
- Jason Fahie, Frank Hebron-Harman Elementary School
- Laura Fritts, Crofton Elementary School
- Kevin Garner, Severn River Middle School
- Judy Garrett, Windsor Farm Elementary School
- Ruth Goldstraw, Old Mill High School
- Susan Grieve, Folger McKinsey Elementary School
- Christiana Grue, Marley Middle School
- Lauren Harman, Arnold Elementary School
- Dionne Harris, Broadneck High School
- Joanie Herget, Rippling Woods Elementary School
- Joseph Hershfeldt, Northeast High School
- Christopher Kick, Central Middle School
- Amy Kostelnik-Insley, Jones Elementary School
- Allison Kuta, Meade Middle School
- Stacy Langhirt, Severna Park Elementary School
- Jenna Lerro, Annapolis Middle School
- Kimberley Malley, Odenton Elementary School
- Jessica Meredith, Folger McKinsey Elementary School
- Amy Miller, Linthicum Elementary School
- Amy Nelson, Folger McKinsey Elementary School
- Pamela Nicewarner, Folger McKinsey Elementary School
- Denise Peach, Marley Glen School
- Sarah Peterson, Brooklyn Park Elementary School
- Michael Philip, Severna Park Middle School
- Renae Pomycala, George Fox Middle School
- Lindsey Kate Poro, Richard Henry Lee Elementary School
- Jessica Riley, Crofton Middle School
- Tyler Shores, Mary E. Moss Academy
- Marjorie Smith, Shipley's Choice Elementary School
- Shauna Snidow, Annapolis Middle School
- Ellen Stanton, St. Martin's-in-the-Field Episcopal School
- Mandy Steiner, Glen Burnie High School
- Jodie Stugard-Hogan, South River High School
- Robin Suda, West Meade Early Education Center
- Bradford Sweet, Lindale Middle School
- Renee Tobin, Archbishop Spalding High School
- Hilary Thompson, Old Mill Middle North School
- Michelle Williams, Wiley H. Bates Middle School
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