Moore Public Schools announced the 2023-2024 Teachers of the Year, each representing their current school site. Teachers of the Year (TOY) are nominated by their peers in September of each school year, with results available in mid-fall. Each school TOY is then invited to complete Part One of the District TOY application during October & November.
Five finalists for the MPS District TOY will be announced just after winter break, after which time they will complete Part Two of the MPS District TOY application. In April, the MPS District Teacher of the Year winner is announced at the annual Moore Public Schools Excellence in Education Ceremony. This ceremony also honors the accomplishments of each site-level TOY and the five finalists for District TOY.
The MPS site Teachers of the Year for 2023-2024 are:
Elementary Schools
Apple Creek: Danielle Kennedy, 2nd grade
Briarwood: Jamie Sweet, 2nd grade
Broadmoore: Julie Hayes, 6th grade, Reading
Bryant: Elizabeth Gonzalez, 3rd grade
Central: Ashleigh Adams, 5th grade, Science
Earlywine: Shyan Stallings, 2nd grade
Eastlake: Britton Vanbuskirk, 6th grade, ELA
Fairview: Rachel Alvarez, 1st grade
Fisher: Taylor Schall, K-6th grade, STEAM
Heritage Trails: Sally Russell, 5th grade, Science
Houchin: Rachel Drake, 6th grade
Kelley: Candace Western, K-6th grade, Strive Counselor
Kingsgate: Arica Dick, 5th grade, Science/Social Studies
Northmoor: Emily Humphrey, K-2nd, Special Education
Oakridge: Angela McKenna, Speech Pathologist
Plaza Towers: Stephanie Fruits, 1st-2nd grade, Special Education
Red Oak: Kelsey Dawson, 3rd grade
Santa Fe: Rachel Owens, 3rd-4th, Special Education
Sky Ranch: Lissette Jurado, Speech Pathologist
Sooner: Autumn Rogers, STEAM
South Lake: Taylor Woodard, 5th grade, Reading/Lang
Southgate: Rebecca Linger, 1st grade
Timber Creek: Julie Barnard, Special Education
Wayland Bonds: Chance Mueller, 5th grade, Science
Winding Creek: Kathleen Pelley, Kindergarten
Junior High Schools
Brink: Freedom Terrell, 8th grade, Pre-Algebra/ Honors Alg. I
Central: Jarred Turner, 8th grade, U.S. History
Highland East: Weston Mize, 8th grade, Reading
Highland West: Shain Baldwin, 7th-8th grade, Band
Moore West: Allison Lance, 8th grade, Science
Southridge: Maggie Howe, 7th grade, Honors Pre-Algebra
High Schools
Moore: Shaista Fenwick, 12th grade, English
Southmoore: Bridgett Cai, 10th grade, World History
Westmoore: Jana DeLong, Yearbook
VISTA Academy: Tamara Miller, 9-12th, Social Studies/Art/ Newspaper/Yearbook
To review past MPS Teachers of the Year visit here. To see open teaching positions in Moore Public Schools visit our Human Resources page or call 405-735-4200.