Meet the Semifinalists for 2022 Gwinnett County Teacher of the Year!

Gwinnett County Public Schools congratulates the district's top 25 teachers, semifinalists for the county's 2023 Teacher of the Year (TOTY) competition. Please click on an educator's name (links below) to learn more about each of the semifinalists:

Front Row: Shan Hicks, Kelsey Prentice, Tanya Perry, Becca Rackley, Sarah Kuekes, Ye Na Parrett, and Keisha Blythers.

2nd Row: Sara Van Nus, Serina Gay, Monica Smith Fladger, Ann Beindorf, Jason Hurd, and Amy Otto.

3rd Row: Jada Steele Bell, Jessica Gaskin, Casey Culpepper, Hannah White, Myesha D. Jenkins, Heather Lacefield Wheeler, and Michele Jones.

4th Row: Rosemarie Slodysko, Lillian Cheimis, David Metrio, Ashley Wright, and Natalie Stout.

We brought the top 25 teachers together for the group photo, and each teacher's name is hyperlinked to an individual page. In the individual pages, you'll read a quote from the TOTY semifinalist and learn more about each honored educator. Each individual teacher is pictured with something— a teaching tool or symbol— that represents the classroom and that educator's career.