The Pulaski County Special School District is once again participating in the Arkansas Teacher of the Year program with the Arkansas Department of Education. The school-level winners for the 2023-2024 school year are vying to earn the spot of the 2025 Arkansas Teacher of the Year.

Maumelle feeder honorees are:

• CRYSTAL HILL ELEMENTARY: Kaneisha Johnson

• OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY: Kim Lee

• PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY: Sheree Tolefree

• MAUMELLE MIDDLE: Whitney Walker

• MAUMELLE HIGH: Joshua Jackson

A panel made up of District and school administrators will review the school-level teachers of the year to determine the PCSSD Teacher of the Year. The District winner will be announced at a celebration banquet next month.The winner of the district-wide Teacher of the Year will be submitted to the state for consideration for the 2025 Arkansas Teacher of the Year. 

Other honorees:

• BAKER ELEMENTARY: Nakesha Cunningham

• CATO ELEMENTARY: Katie Beard

• CHENAL ELEMENTARY: Jeanie Wilcoxon

• COLLEGE STATION ELEMENTARY: Brittney Larry

• DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY: Katherine Osborne

• HARRIS ELEMENTARY: Jarrod Haymond

• LANDMARK ELEMENTARY: Britney Block

• LAWSON ELEMENTARY: Dana James

• OAKBROOKE ELEMENTARY: Olydia Liddell

• ROBINSON ELEMENTARY: Bridget Hudson

• SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY: Leona Sanders

• SYLVAN HILLS ELEMENTARY: Stephanie Belin

• WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON ELEMENTARY: Lakesha Banks

• MILLS MIDDLE: Chantyana Gray

• ROBINSON MIDDLE: Martha Melendez

• SYLVAN HILLS MIDDLE: Michael Boyd

• SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH: Char Dupins

• MILLS UNIVERSITY STUDIES HIGH: Amanda Davis

• ROBINSON HIGH: Heather Moreland

• SYLVAN HILLS HIGH: Robin Dunlap: 

• DRIVEN VIRTUAL ACADEMY: Stephanie Johnson