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Fort Bend ISD Names 2010-2011 District Teachers of the Year
FORT BEND ISD – Congratulations to Christine Hetherington of Dulles Elementary School, who was named FBISD Elementary Teacher of the Year, and Lora Bothell of Sartartia Middle School, who was named FBISD Secondary Teacher of the Year at a special awards dinner on April 29.
Christine Hetherington is a Kindergarten teacher at Dulles Elementary. She has been teaching for 23 years, with seven of those at Dulles. She is an exceptional teacher and believes it is important to teach her young students from the heart. Hetherington said, “We must respect and honor our teaching profession by holding it in high regard, because our job is noble.” She received her Bachelor of Arts in Teaching in Early Childhood Education at the University of Northern Iowa and her Master of Education in Reading and Language Arts Curriculum from the University of Houston. She also received Literacy Coordinator Training from the University of Houston Clear Lake.
Lora Bothell from Sartartia Middle School has 18 years of teaching experience and teaches special education for grades six through eight. Her enthusiasm for her work is contagious, and she believes teachers change lives every day in their classrooms. She was inspired by her second-grade teacher who changed her perspective on life and helped her decide to become a teacher. Bothell believes that teachers have the power to give children hope, confidence and a desire to relentlessly pursue their dreams. Bothell received her Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood from the University of Houston – Clear Lake, and her Master of Education in Educational Administration from Concordia University - Texas.
Congratulations also to the FBISD Teacher of the Year finalists: Elementary Schools – Diane Lopez (Jones Elementary), Kamilah Holmes (Schiff Elementary), Aysha Parks (Seguin Elementary), Deb Ellefson (Settlers Way Elementary), and Marsha Tredway (Walker Station Elementary); Secondary Schools – Poonam Ernest (Baines Middle School), Gale Batchelor (Clements High School), Barbara Hoffman (Kempner High School), William Bullard (Travis High School) and Roylin Wolf (Willowridge High School).
Also honored at the banquet were FBISD’s Rookies of the Year: Elementary Schools – Amy Arnold (Cornerstone Elementary), Leah Wesolic (Pecan Grove Elementary), Megan Goodman (Settlers Way Elementary); and Secondary Schools - Jennifer Rogers (Hodges Bend Middle), Joshua Feldpausch (Austin High School) and Jade Love (Elkins High School).
FBISD thanks the Balfour Company for giving the two district TOY winners a special Teacher of the Year ring. Balfour also sponsored a complimentary photograph by Steven Leonard taken for each of the honorees. The Fort Bend Education Foundation generously donated Dell laptop computers to the district TOY winners.
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Pictured at the Teacher of the Year Dinner from left to right are: FBISD Superintendent Dr. Timothy Jenney, 2010 Elementary Teacher of the Year – Christine Hetherington (Dulles Elementary School), 2010 Secondary Teacher of the Year – Lora Bothell (Sartartia Middle School) and FBISD Board President Bob Broxson.
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