CLAY COUNTY, Fla. — Clay County District Schools recognized its very best Thursday night at the 2024-2025 Apple Awards, crowning a new Teacher of the Year and School-Related Employee of the Year.
At the very end of the award show, Superintendent Broskie announced that Orange Park Elementary’s 6th-grade science teacher, Amanda Watson, was chosen as the winner.
She is taking over the title from last year’s Teacher of the Year, Wilkinson Junior High School’s Robin Campbell.
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4 other teachers made the finalists list:
- Alexander Buck, Fleming Island High, band director
- Tracy Lockman, Lake Asbury Elementary, gifted teacher
- Tammy Hamel, Lake Asbury Junior High, reading teacher
- Christy Fields, Middleburg High, CTE: health science teacher
Of course, a school can’t run with just teachers. Other employees were recognized for their contributions throughout the school year.
Principal’s Secretary Misty Massey, from Lake Asbury Junior High, was named School-Related Employee of the Year.
4 other employees made the finalists list:
- Leslie Niessner, Fleming Island Elementary, behavior health assistant
- Bianca Thomas, Green Cove Springs Junior High, ESOL classroom assistant
- Denise Turner, Orange Park Junior High, media technical assistant
- Joanna Lickliter-Spain, Ridgeview High, ESOL classroom assistant
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