Brentwood Middle, Centennial High Teachers Win Williamson County Teacher of the Year Honors

FRANKLIN, TN — Williamson County Schools named Brentwood Middle's Nathan Cummings and Ravenwood High's Kristi Neuroth as the district's Middle School and High School Teacher of the Year for 2016-17, respectively, at an awards ceremony Thursday.

Cummings, in his sixth year with Williamson County Schools, is an eighth-grade history teacher at Brentwood Middle.

“I enjoy seeing the kids learn,” said Cummings. “For [me], that’s the whole point of teaching. It’s about seeing the light bulb go off and being there when it happens.”

Neuroth teaches geography at Ravenwood and says she loves teaching students about new places.

“I love that teaching lets you be a curious person, and you get to encourage other people to be curious,” said Neuroth. “I love teaching geography because the world changes every single day.”

Peare Creek Elementary fourth-grade teacher Sarah Roberts won the award at the elementary school level.

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Among classified employees — essentially, support staff such as bookkeepers, maintenance workers and secretaries — this year’s winners are Lipscomb Elementary School bookkeeper Sally Auville, Brentwood Middle School bookkeeper Kelly Montague and Centennial High School counseling secretary Hilda Lloyd.

The district-wide winners were selected among nominees from each school or department. Check out the full list of school winners.

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