Charleston County
School District
2026 CCSD Teachers of the Year (by school)
On behalf of CCSD, we would like to congratulate all of the teachers who have been selected as their school's 2026 Teacher of the Year!
| A.C. Corcoran Elementary School | Mary Scott |
| Academic Magnet High School | Karla Phillips |
| Angel Oak Primary School | Tyler Truman |
| Ashley River Creative Arts ES | Bonnie Walton |
| Baptist Hill High School | Byron Graham |
| Baptist Hill Middle School | Kevin Butler |
| Belle Hall Elementary School | Alexandria Sirles |
| Buist Academy for Advanced Studies | Margaret DeSa |
| Burke High School | Shadae Taylor |
| Camp Road Middle School | Megan Reidy |
| Carolina Park Elementary | Jacqueline Gold |
| Carolina Voyager Charter School | Catherine Vukelic |
| CE WIlliams South Middle School | Rochelle Beckstine |
| CEWN | Heather Love |
| Charles Pinckney Elementary School | Paige Hoagland |
| Charleston Charter School for Math & Science | Cassidy Batiz |
| Charleston Development Academy Public Charter School | Rosanne Lady Latimer |
| Charleston Progressive Academy | Valerie Muhammad |
| Chicora Elem. | Valencia Wigfall |
| Cooper River CAS | Dr. Kimberly Roper |
| Daniel Jenkins Academy | Fatieka Stevens |
| Deer Park Middle School | Ericka Alston |
| Drayton Hall Elementary | Darlinda Cox |
| Dunston | Julie Sorensen |
| E.B. Ellington ES | Kashe Hamlin |
| Early College High School | Brenna Grant |
| East Cooper CAS | Howard “Andy” Streets |
| East Cooper Montessori Charter | Alana Vest |
| Edith L. Frierson | Jae Schmitz |
| Gifted & Talented | Jennifer McDuffie |
| Harbor View | Shane Halse |
| Haut Gap Middle School | Brett Sheridan |
| Hunley Park | Jade Sheehan-Connolly |
| James B Edwards | Jennifer Waite |
| James Island Charter High School | Steven Tanner Tucker |
| James Island Elementary | Katharine Marsico |
| James Simons Montessori | Cecilia Menniti |
| Jane Edwards Elementary School | Amy Anderson |
| Jennie Moore Elementary School | Lauren Scott |
| Johns Island Elementary School | Katrina Rohrer |
| Ladson Elementary School | Shelby Branch |
| Ladson Primary School | Phoebe Popelka |
| Laing Middle School | Kyle Staats |
| Lambs Elementary School | James Williams |
| Laurel Hill Primary School | Lindsay Bruorton |
| Liberty Hill Academy | Brittney Morgan |
| Lucy Beckham High School | Anthony Galavotti |
| Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori School | Elizabeth Rickel |
| Mamie P. Whitesides Elementary | Margaret Carter (Suzi) |
| Mary Ford EL & FC | Rachel Meyer |
| Meeting Street Burns | Jigisha Patel |
| Memminger Elementary School | Erin Woods |
| Midland Park Primary School | Taylor Haigler |
| Military Magnet Academy | Regina Duggins |
| Minnie Hughes Elementary School | Leslie Riley |
| Mitchell Elementary School | Darvin Harvey |
| Morningside Middle School | Domonique Finley |
| Moultrie Middle School | Caffey McCarty |
| Mt. Pleasant Academy | Melanie Smith |
| Murray-LaSaine Montessori School | Kimberly Vennewald |
| North Charleston Creative Arts Elementary | Meghan Norvell |
| North Charleston Elementary School | Theresa Cardello |
| North Charleston High School | Daphne Foster |
| Northwoods Middle School | Jacqueline Clarke |
| Oakland Elementary School | Dana Allen Raffetto |
| Orange Grove | Heather Licayan |
| Pepperhill Elementary School | Thomas Robinson |
| Pinehurst Elementary School | Amy Cook |
| RB Stall High School | Joe Bessinger |
| Sanders-Clyde Creative Arts | Sharon Wade |
| Septima P. Clark Academy | Everette Tipton |
| Simmons-Pinckney Middle School | Marjorie White |
| School of the Arts | Patrick Martin |
| Springfield Elementary School | Erika Whitesides |
| St. Andrew's School of Math and Science | Victoria Geyer |
| St. James Santee Elementary Middle | Julie Garrett |
| St. John's High School | Rebecca Wheatley |
| Stiles Point Elementary School | |
| Stono Park Elementary School | Elissa Flavin |
| Sullivan's Island Elementary School | Sarah Bullock |
| The West Ashley Center for Advanced Studies | Jessica Burnside |
| Thomas C. Cario Middle School | Rosalind Stever |
| Turning Point Academy/Juvenile Detention Center | Victoria Douglass |
| W.B. Goodwin Elementary School | Jenah Wood |
| Wando High School | Diane Krishon |
| West Ashley Head Start/ Early Head Start | Mrs. Hollie Ancrum |
| West Ashley High School | Bradley Blake |
| Zucker Middle School | Rayna Middleton |