Teachers from all of Maine’s 16 counties were honored today, May 12, as the 2021 County Teachers of the Year.
The winners will serve as ambassadors for teachers and students throughout the year with one eventually being named the Maine Teacher of the Year.
Drum roll please! The 2021 County Teachers of the Year will be announced tomorrow 5/12 at 2 pm! Who is behind your County sign? Find out..join us on @mdoenews https://t.co/C6tx9BvL3H #CTOY21 #LetItBePossible @EducateMaine @MaineTOYA FMI: contact dolly@educatemaine.org pic.twitter.com/84h7gDEjSI
— Teachers of the Year (@MAINETOY) May 12, 2021
2021 County Teachers of the Year:
- Androscoggin: Jessica Harvey of Elm Street School, Mechanic Falls
- Aroostook: Andrew Kirby of Presque Isle High School, Presque Isle
- Cumberland: Dr. Paige Fournier of Freeport Middle School, Freeport
- Franklin: Michelle Laliberte of Rangeley Lakes Regional School, Rangeley
- Hancock: Sarah Doremus of Sedgewick Elementary, Sedgwick
- Kennebec: Raye Anne DeSoto of Gardiner Area High School, Gardiner
- Knox: Patti Forster of Camden Hills Regional High School, Rockport
- Lincoln: Bill Hinkley of Medomak Valley High School, Waldoboro
- Oxford: Melissa Guerrette of Oxford Elementary School, Oxford
- Penobscot: Kelsey Stoyanova of Reeds Brook Middle School, Hampden
- Piscataquis: Lisa Martell of Piscataquis Community Secondary School, Guilford
- Sagadahoc: Lianna Fenimore of Mt. Ararat High School, Topsham
- Somerset: Kevin Malady of Lawrence High School, Fairfield
- Waldo: Hillary Hoyt of Leroy H. Smith School, Winterport
- Washington: Diana Mahar of Sipayik Elementary School, Pleasant Point
- York: Christine Goulet of Biddeford Primary School, Biddeford