2016-2017 Georgia Music News | Winter

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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)

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