Announcement made during Saturday ceremony in Salina

Erin Pittenger, an elementary teacher at St. George Elementary School, Rock Creek Unified School District 323, and Gretchen Elliott, an art teacher at Smoky Valley High School, Smoky Valley USD 400, were named Region 1 finalists for the 2024 Kansas Teacher of the Year award program during a ceremony Saturday, April 1, in Salina.  

The April State Board of Education Monthly Meeting will be held on the following dates.
April 11, 2023 - Topeka, Landon State Office Bldg 
April 12, 2023 - Visits to the Kansas School for the Deaf (Olathe) and the Kansas State School for the Blind (KCK)

Agenda

https://www.ksde.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=pguoMsovAwg%3d&portalid=0

Materials

https://www.ksde.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=fDGRcSlMAYA%3d&portalid=0

Announcement made during Sunday ceremony in Overland Park

OVERLAND PARK — Michelle Tapko, a sixth-grade teacher at Roesland Elementary School, Shawnee Mission Unified School District 512, and Taylor Bussinger, a social studies teacher at Prairie Trail Middle School, Olathe USD 233, were named Region 3 finalists for the 2024 Kansas Teacher of the Year award during an awards ceremony Sunday, March 26, in Overland Park.

Announcement made during Sunday ceremony in Topeka

TOPEKA — Fonda Telthorst, a music teacher at Piper Prairie Elementary School, Piper Unified School District 203, and Cherryl Delacruz, a mathematics teacher at Highland Park High School, Topeka USD 501, were named Region 2 finalists for the 2024 Kansas Teacher of the Year award during a ceremony Sunday, March 26, in Topeka.