23 NH Teachers Nominated For Teacher Of The Year

CONCORD, NH — Twenty-three Granite State teachers will be feted in Concord on April 3, 2018, after being nominated to be teacher of the year next year, according to the New Hampshire Department of Education. The teachers will be displaying work that they and their students have been performing and then a formal ceremony will be held later in the day. Schools in the state nominate a teacher each year to be considered for statewide consideration and then the New Hampshire winner competes nationally.

According to Lori Kincaid, the department’s Teacher of the Year Coordinator, the program is a project of the Council of Chief State School Officers in partnership with the Voya Foundation.

“It is the mission of the National Teacher of the Year Program to honor our nation’s greatest teachers while providing rigorous professional learning for teachers to be leaders and advocates,” she noted. “This national and statewide award builds community awareness of our state’s finest educators, while providing positive messages about the teaching profession.”

This year’s nominees are:

• Elizabeth Alexakos of Clark Wilkins Elementary in Amherst
• Debra Almeida of Milford Middle School
• Linda Bittner of Pine Tree Elementary in Center Conway
• Aaron Blais of Exeter High School
• Catheryn Burke of Newport Middle School
• Lori Christerson of Bishop Brady High School in Concord
• Alice Donahoe of James Mastricola Elementary in Merrimack
• Barbara Garand of the Hampton Centre School
• Michael Gaumont of The Founders Academy Public Charter School in Manchester
• Patricia Hamilton of Barnstead Elementary School
• Kristina Hartwell of Wheelock Elementary School in Keene
• Shea Higley of Mascenic Regional High School in New Ipswich
• Amy Larkin-Perez of Merrimack High School
• Allison Leach of Spaulding High School in Rochester
• Elizabeth Murray of Hanover High School
• Elena Nilhas of Whitefield Elementary School
• Keith Noyes of Belmont Middle School
• Jennifer Paquette of Richards Elementary School in Newport
• Patty Poulin of Conway Elementary
• Patrick Quinn of Inter-Lakes Jr/Sr High School in Meredith
• Nicole Robinson of Purple Panther Preschool in Nashua
• Bradley Smith of Milford High School
• Jennifer Udelhofen of Cornish Elementary School

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