Santa Rosa Rookie of the Year nominees named

MILTON — The Santa Rosa Education Foundation invited every school in the Santa Rosa School District to nominate one teacher for the Santa Rosa Rookie of the Year award. All full-time teachers in their third year or less of teaching were eligible. 

The following school nominees will receive recognition during the 22nd Annual Rookie of the Year Reception. The event is set 4 p.m. May 10 at B.C. Russell Elementary School, 3740 Excalibur Way. Santa Rosa’s Rookie of the Year 2017 will be announced during the awards presentation.

The 2017 Santa Rosa Rookie of the Year nominees are as follows:

• Avalon Middle, Kay Pape
• Bagdad Elementary, Angela Dill
• Berryhill Administrative Complex, Laura Douberly
• Berryhill Elementary, Emily Rauch
• Central, Forrest Scott
• Chumuckla Elementary, Contessa Smith
• Dixon Intermediate, Catherine Fair
• Dixon Primary, Abigail Bogan
• East Milton Elementary, Katherine Dillaha
• Gulf Breeze Elementary, Lindsay Bowman
• Gulf Breeze High, Sarah Smith
• Gulf Breeze Middle, Laura Titus
• Hobbs Middle, Lauren Register
• Holley-Navarre Intermediate, Allison Buffington
• Holley-Navarre Middle, Carolyn Smith
• Holley-Navarre Primary, Shannon Bowling
• Jackson Pre-Kindergarten, Rebecca Brashear
• Jay Elementary, Jennifer Hendricks
• Jay High, Hunter Wyrosdick
• King Middle, Julie Blevins
• Locklin Technical, James Kirchharr
• Milton High, Steven Ramirez
• Navarre High, Suzanne Wilcox
• Oriole Beach Elementary, Jordan West
• Pace High, Elizabeth Miller
• Pea Ridge Elementary, Stephen Jackson
• Rhodes Elementary, Chanda Joiner;
• Russell Elementary, Nancy Hurd
• Santa Rosa High and Adult School, Sarah Holmes
• Sims Middle, Heather Myers
• West Navarre Intermediate, Leah Marlow
• West Navarre Primary, Christy Smith
• Woodlawn Beach Middle, Paul Miller

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