MISD Names the 2018 Teachers of the Year
Every year, staff members at each of Mansfield ISD’s
campuses nominate the teacher they feel has displayed
excellence in education by inspiring their students, their
colleagues and their community.
Two of those campus winners are then selected by a
committee to become the district teachers of the year.
The MISD 2018 Teachers of the Year are Shaye Anne
Atwood and Reginal Wright.
Atwood was named the Elementary Teacher of the
Year. She is the agricultural leadership teacher at
Atwood and Wright discovered they won at the Mardi
Tarver-Rendon Elementary School. Atwood has been in
Gras-themed employee banquet on May 17.
education for 11 years. The West Texas native said she is
blessed to be able to teach students about agriculture in one of the only school programs of its kind.
“I just want to thank the administrative council and my principal for believing in me,” Atwood said. “I receive a lot of
support to do what I love and integrate the growing of food and the caring of animals into leadership skills.”
Wright is the MISD Secondary Teacher of the Year. He is the head choir director at Mansfield High School and is in
his 18th year of being an educator. Wright said he never intended to become a teacher, but he is glad that his path led
him there.
“I love inspiring kids through music,” he said. “I just want teachers to know that they have the ability to change the
future. No one can change the past, but what you say and do today can change the lives of children forever.”
Atwood and Wright will go on to compete in the Education Service Center Region XI Teacher of Year competition
and could potentially advance to compete for Texas Teacher of the Year.
CAMPUS TEACHERS OF THE YEAR
Elementary School
Mary Pleasant – Charlotte Anderson ES
Lovey Turner – J.L. Boren ES
Jennifer D. Miller – Janet Brockett ES
Kim Waddell – Willie Brown ES
Jada Ross – Louise Cabaniss ES
Tracy Edwards – Anna May Daulton ES
Janekka Colbert – Kenneth Davis ES
Amy Carlisle – Imogene Gideon ES
KaMesha Williams – Glenn Harmon ES
Elashun Summerville – Carol Holt ES
Kaitlin Krambeer – Thelma Jones ES
Haleigh Araujo – Judy K. Miller ES
Pam Eason – D.P. Morris ES
Kera Eason – Erma Nash ES
Katie Fleck – Nancy Neal ES
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Michelle Meister – Annette Perry ES
Kori Armstrong – Alice Ponder ES
Jennifer Abbott – Martha Reid ES
Beth Hughes – Mary Sheppard ES
Julie Plascencia – Elizabeth Smith ES
Mariesa Hawkins – Cora Spencer ES
Shaye Anne Atwood - Tarver-Rendon ES
Tiffany Salvagnini – Roberta Tipps ES Middle School
Intermediate School High School
Thomas Roos - Cross Timbers IS
Michael Patterson – Della Icenhower IS
Lynn Martinez – Mary Lillard IS
Lynn Cannaday – Asa Low IS
Jennifer Rothlin – Mary Orr IS
Gabriel Baldwin – Donna Shepard IS
Lindsey Threadgill – James Coble MS
Andrea Midgett – T.A. Howard MS
Leslie Boyer – Linda Jobe MS
Angela Marie Brown – Danny Jones MS
Hamidah McCullough Jefferson –
Brooks Wester MS
Ashley Garza – Rogene Worley MS
Caty Dearing – Frontier HS
Katrina Covington – Lake Ridge HS
Michael Keel – Legacy HS
Reginal Wright – Mansfield HS
Wyndie Williams – Phoenix Academy
Melanie Atkinson – Summit HS
Aretha B. Hall – Timberview HS