Kansas Teacher of the Year Team

Elizabeth Anstine
Grades 9-12 Business 

Leavenworth USD 453
Leavenworth Sr. High School
2012 10th Ave.
Leavenworth, KS 66048

Phone: (913) 684-1550
Email:  liz.anstine@lvpioneers.org

Whitney Aves
Grades 9-12 Family and Consumer Sciences

Hutchinson USD 308
Hutchinson High School
810 E. 13th 
Hutchinson, KS 67501

Phone:  (620) 615-4100
Email: aves.whitney@usd308.com

​Benjamin Eckelberry
Grade 1

Shawnee Heights USD 450
Tecumseh North Elementary School
314 SE Stanton Road
Tecumseh, KS 66542

Phone:  (785) 379-5910
Email: eckelberryb@usd450.net
 

Ryan Mellick
9-12 Industrial Technology

Bonner Springs USD 204
Bonner Springs High School
100 McDanield
Bonner Springs, KS 66012

Phone: (913) 422-5121
Email:  mellickr@usd204.net



 

Amber Pagan
Pre-K

Shawnee Mission USD 512
Nieman Elementary School
10917 W. 67th St.
Shawnee, KS 66203

Phone: (913) 993-4000
Email:  amberpagan@smsd.org


 

Erik Stone
Grades 5-8 Band, Vocal Music

Wichita USD 259
Gordon Parks Academy
2201 E. 25th St.
Wichita, KS 67219

Phone: (316) 973-7500
Email:  estone@usd259.net

Maegen Stucky
Grade 5

McPherson USD 418
Roosevelt Elementary School
800 S. Walnut
McPherson, KS 67460

Phone: (620) 241-9550
Email:  maegen.stucky@mcpherson.com


 

Olivia Winegeart
Grade 2

Derby USD 260
Paul B Cooper Elementary School
4625 Juniper
Wichita, KS 67216

Phone: (316) 554-0934
Email: owinegeart@usd260.com

Mark your calendars!

2025 Dale Dennis Kansas Teacher of the Year Awards Banquet
Sept. 28, 2024
Marriott Hotel, Wichita, KS