Newcastle Public Schools plans to celebrate its site Teachers of the Year at the March 12 Board of Education meeting. At the same meeting, they’ll announce this year’s NPS District Teacher of the Year.
Site teacher selections were announced late last year. They are: Shannon Chlouber, Early Childhood Center; Meagan Bailes, lower Newcastle Elementary School; Alicia Gilmore, upper Newcastle Elementary School; Rebecca Grider, Newcastle Middle School; Abigail Schmitz, Newcastle High School; and Taylor Westmoreland, Tri City Learning Academy.
Whomever is announced as the NPS District Teacher of the Year will be in the running for the Oklahoma Teacher of the Year, who serves as Oklahoma Ambassador of Teaching, and represents Oklahoma in the national Teacher of the Year competition.