V
olusia County Schools will hold its Teacher of the Year banquet on January 18 at the Hilton
Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort. The banquet will be a time to celebrate the 72 nominees, and
the 2020 Teacher of the Year will be announced. The current Teacher of the Year is Nicole Grebosz, a
technology teacher at Citrus Grove Elementary. In addition, three teachers will be recognized by the
superintendent for representing the school district’s three guiding principles.
BEF ORE TH E BAN QU ET AND A N N OUN CE ME N T, G E T TO KN OW TH E FI VE
F IN A LIS TS F OR VOLU SIA COU N T Y SC H OO L S TE AC HE R OF THE Y E A R:
SHARRON DEROSIER
WORLD HIS TORY, S TEM L ABS
GAL AXY MIDDLE
M.A ., UCF
B.A ., UCF
“My students regularly exceed expectations,
both behaviorally and academically, that their past
has burdened them with. I show students that their past
can be a springboard instead of a crushing weight on their
shoulders. My mission every year is to find a way to form the
positive relationships the toughest students need, find a way
to relate to them, find a way to make them see who they
can be. Doing just that is my inspiration.”
IAN JAC KSON
AVID
TAYLOR MIDDLE-HIGH
B.S. TOCCOA FALL S COLLEGE
“I am inspired to go to
work each day because I have the
privilege of playing a part in changing the trajectory of my
student’s lives. The majority of my students represent the end
of a centuries-old cycle. They will be the first in their families to
graduate from high school AND attend college. Almost
everything I teach and everything that I do in my class is
geared toward making that milestone possible.”
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