2020 Teacher of the Year Reception
May 16, 2019
​4:30pm- 6:00pm
​Lucy Simms Continuing Education Center
Hosted by, Harrisonburg Education Foundation and Rockingham Educational Foundation 

Recognition of, and appreciation for, the job that our teachers do every day in the classrooms is vitally important.   The Lucy F. Simms Educator of the Year award is financially supported by the BotkinRose Law Firm, the Virginia Law Group, and Douglas Guynn. The Lucy Simms Educator of the Year will go on to compete at the Virginia Department of Education level. ​

Lucy F. Simms Educator of the Year 2019 – Chris Grim, Fulks Run Elementary School

Lucy F. Simms Educator of the Year 2018 – Michael Thompson, Spotswood High School 

Lucy F. Simms Educator of the Year 2017 – Teresa Shank, Mountain View Elementary School

Lucy F. Simms Educator of the Year 2016 – Lucinda Swartzentruber, Plains Elementary School

Lucy F. Simms Educator of the Year 2015 – Kim Tate, Spotswood High School

Lucy F. Simms Educator of the Year 2014 – Sue Haley, John Wayland Elementary School

Lucy F. Simms Educator of the Year 2013 – Karen Komara, Pleasant Valley Elementary School

Lucy F. Simms Educator of the Year 2012 – Vicki Richard, John Wayland Elementary School

Lucy F. Simms Educator of the Year 2011 – Don Rhodes, J. Frank Hillyard Middle School

Lucy F. Simms Educator of the Year 2010  – Bob Failes, Spotswood High School.

Lucy F. Simms Educator of the Year 2009 & Region 5 Teacher of the Year – Therese Warner, McGaheysville Elementary School.

Lucy F. Simms Educator of the Year 2008, Jerry Ridgeway, Turner Ashby High School

Photos from Lucy Simms Educator of the year reception-May 17, 2018