Two of the three teachers of the year recipients are from Fayette County. The annual awards sponsored by the Kentucky Department of Education and the Valvoline Company were announced Thursday.
The overall Teacher of the Year and elementary school winner is Donnie Piercy, who teaches fifth grade at Lexington’s Stonewell School. Piercy said he appreciated learning from other teachers and principals and thanked any of his students who might be watching.
The Middle School Teacher of the Year is Laura Peavley, an eighth grade math instructor at Louisville’s Westport Middle School. And the High School Teacher of the Year is another Fayette County instructor. Christopher McCurry teaches 12th grade English at Lafayette High School.
The 2021 Teacher of the Year receives a $10,000 cash award while the Middle and High School honorees get $3000 apiece.?
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