Hanover teacher named Virginia’s Teacher of the Year for 2025
Avanti Yamamoto, a mathematics teacher at Hanover County Public Schools’ Atlee High School, was named the 2025 Virginia Teacher of the Year.
Avanti Yamamoto, a mathematics teacher at Hanover County Public Schools’ Atlee High School, was named the 2025 Virginia Teacher of the Year.
A French teacher at Spotsylvania County Public Schools’ Riverbend High School has been named the 2025 Virginia Regional Teacher of the Year.
Waynesboro Schools Teacher of the Year nominees for 2024 have been announced. A luncheon will be held April 12 to celebrate their nominations.
Waynesboro Schools honored seven Teachers of the Year for 2023 at a luncheon Monday afternoon. Amber Gibson is division Teacher of the Year.
Brandy Johnson, a 7th grade Language Arts teacher at Shelburne Middle School, is the 2024 Region V Teacher of the Year.
Staunton City Schools chose Brandy Johnson, Language Arts teacher at Shelburne Middle School, as the 2023 Division Teacher of the Year.
Staunton High School’s Lori Peltonen, a library/media specialist and educator for 30 years, is the 2023 Region V Teacher of the Year.
Mathew Snyder said it was wonderful that he was picked to be Kate Collins Middle School’s Teacher of the Year for 2022, but especially to also be chosen by the school system.
Miriam Thomas, a fifth-grade teacher at Barack Obama Elementary School in the city of Richmond, has been named the Virginia Agriculture in the Classroom 2022 Teacher of the Year.
Two teachers from the same school are never named Teacher of the Year. But just that happened at Stuarts Draft Elementary School when Erica Cason was named Augusta County Teacher of the Year.