TEACHER YEAR OF THE
Did you know that Georgia is made up of some of the greatest music teachers in the country? Here are just some of our fellow GMEA Members that have been recognized by their school systems for their outstanding work. YEAR
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NAME
DIVISION
LEVEL AND COUNTY
David Gregory
Band
Hardaway High School TOTY and Muscogee County School District TOTY
1986
Carol Taylor
General and Choral Music
1986 Duluth Middle School TOTY (Gwinnett County)
1990
James E. Thompson, Sr.
Band
1990 Savannah High School TOTY (Savannah-Chatham County)
1990
Sheila Smith
Band
1990, 2000, and 2009 South Central Middle School TOTY (Bartow County)
1993
Wanda Moates
Band
1993, 2002 Fannin County Middle School TOTY
1994
Mary Anna Allison
Elementary Music
1994 J.P. Nix Elementary School TOTY (White County)
1995
Sharon M. Anderson
Orchestra
1995 Sandy Springs Middle School TOTY and County Finalist (Fulton County)
1996
Dina C. Watts
General Music
1996 George Washington Carver Elementary School TOTY (Duval County, FL)
1996
Bonita Thomie
General Music
1996 Westside Elementary School TOTY; 2000 Parkwood Elementary School TOTY (Houston County)
1997
Edward McQuade
Chorus
1997 Clayton County TOTY; 2003 Buford Middle School TOTY; 2017 Buford Middle School TOTY and Buford City Schools TOTY
1999
Lori L. Walker
General Music
1999 McDonough Primary School TOTY; 2007 New Hope Elementary School TOTY and Henry County TOTY Finalist
2001
Katie Bennett
Band
2001 Columbia Middle School TOTY (DeKalb County)
2001
Cathie Hudnall
Orchestra
2001 Norcross High School TOTY and 2001 Gwinnett County Top Six Finalist
2002
Sarkino Walker
Band
2002 Creekside High School TOTY, 2011 Sandtown Middle School TOTY (Fulton County)
2002
Julie McCoy
Chorus
2002 Tabor Middle School TOTY; 2005 Feagin Middle School TOTY; 2017 Bonaire Middle School TOTY
2003
Tim Anderson
Orchestra
2003 Pinckeyville Middle School TOTY (Gwinnett County)
2003
Susan Messer
Chorus
2003 Ridgeview Charter School TOTY, Fulton County Middle School TOTY, and Fulton County TOTY
2003
Johnny Edwards
Chorus
2003 Richmond Hills Middle School TOTY (Bryan County)
2003
Lawanda Allen
Chorus
2003 Ebenezer Middle School TOTY (Effingham County); 2014 Langston Chapel Middle School TOTY (Bulloch County); 2015 Bulloch County School District TOTY
2004
Faye Boyer
General Music
2004 Lake Joy Elementary School TOTY (Houston County)
2004
Sara Payne
Orchestra
2004 Crabapple Middle School TOTY (Fulton County)
2005
Susan Davis
General Music
2005 West Central Elementary School TOTY (Rome City Schools)
2005
Bruno Paige
Orchestra
2005 Tri-Cities High School TOTY (Fulton County); 2015 Langston Hughes High School TOTY (Fulton County)
2006
Robert Burton
Band
2006 JC Booth Middle School TOTY (Fayette County)
2006
Gary Lenz
General Music
2006 Buford Academy TOTY (Buford City)
2007
Seth Gamba
Orchestra
2007 Elkins Pointe Middle School TOTY (Fulton County)
2008
Sam Simon
Band
2008 Excel Christian Academy TOTY
2009
Christine Kraemer
Band
2009 Cousins Middle School Teacher of the Year and Newton County TOTY
2009
Anthony M. Jones
Band
2009 Martha Puckett Middle School (Wayne County)
2009
Julia Wiley
Elementary Music
2009 Pearl Stephens Elementary TOTY and Houston County District Top 10 TOTY
2009
Emily Threlkeld
General Music
2009 and 2015 Garden Lakes Elementary School TOTY (Floyd County)
2009
Terri Wiley
Band
2009 and 2014 Dacula Middle School TOTY (Gwinnett County)
2010
Brett Duncan
Chorus
2010 Lamar County Middle School TOTY, 2015 Spalding High School TOTY (Griffin-Spalding County)
2010
Karen Davis
Chorus
2010 Appling County High School TOTY and Appling County School District TOTY
2010
Christopher L. Willis
Band
2010, 2017 Turner Middle School (Douglas County) TOTY
2011
Michelle Rickard
Band
2011 Durham Middle School TOTY (Cobb County)
georgia music news // winter 2016