Anne Arundel County Teacher of the Year finalists announced
Five teachers were named as finalists for the 2024 Anne Arundel County Teacher of the Year Award.
Superintendent of Schools Mark Bedell, members of the Board of Education, and Mark Hoffmann, president of the Education Foundation of Anne Arundel County Public Schools, made the announcement Wednesday. The finalists include three elementary school teachers, one middle school teacher, and a high school teacher. The winner will be announced at the 38th Annual Excellence in Education Awards Event in May.
The finalists and the subjects they teach are: Patrick Alexander, instrumental music, Piney Orchard Elementary School; Jesse Bragg, math, Meade Middle School; Amy Chitwood, special education, Ridgeway Elementary School;
Elizabeth Heist, music, Lake Shore Elementary School; Kellie Skinner, special education, Annapolis High School.
The following teachers were named finalists for Anne Arundel County Independent Schools Teacher of the Year: Clinton Kittrell, science, The Summit School; Tiffany Wenck, math, St. Paul’s Lutheran School
The Teacher of the Year semifinalists along with 69 other Anne Arundel County teachers will also be honored in May. The county Teacher of the Year will go on to represent the school system in the Maryland Teacher of the Year competition.
AACPS has had three Maryland Teacher of the Year winners in the last six years. Mary Kay Connerton of Annapolis High School (2023), Teresa Beilstein of South Shore Elementary School (2020), and Josh Carroll of South River High School (2018).