The Santa Rosa Education Foundation invited every school in the Santa Rosa School District to nominate one teacher for the 2019 Santa Rosa Rookie of the Year award. All full-time teachers in their third year or less of teaching were eligible for this award. This included total teaching experience, not just in Santa Rosa public schools.
The following school nominees will be recognized at our Twenty-Fourth Annual Rookie of the Year Reception on May 8, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. at B.C. Russell Elementary School. Santa Rosa’s Rookie of the Year 2019 will be announced during the awards presentation.
2019 Santa Rosa Rookie of the Year Nominees:
Avalon Middle, Julian Glover; Bagdad Elementary, Tina Bates; Berryhill Elementary, Toniann Handley; Central, Christal Bennett; Chumuckla Elementary, Sydney Nowling; Dillon Center, Matthew Foster; Dixon Intermediate, Olivia Wilchar; Dixon Primary, Christa Esch; East Milton Elementary, Terri Stewart; Gulf Breeze Elementary, Ashley Lombardo; Gulf Breeze High, Rafael Garcia; Gulf Breeze Middle, Adam Gutshall; Hobbs Middle, Steven Bienkowski; Holley-Navarre Intermediate, Emily Arnold; Holley-Navarre Middle, Alyssa McQuinn; Holley-Navarre Primary, Briana O’Neal; Jackson Pre-Kindergarten, Susan Pohlmann; Jay Elementary, Darby Cowan; Jay High, Stacey Collins; King Middle, Katheryn Stephens; Locklin Technical College, Jonathan McCullough; Milton High, Katie Cranford; Navarre High, Karen Cody; Oriole Beach Elementary, Julia Taylor; Pace High, Domonique O’Shea; Pea Ridge Elementary, Jenetta Sawyer; Rhodes Elementary, Michelle Speas; Russell Elementary, Jenna Murchison; Santa Rosa High & Adult, Jessica Booher; Sims Middle, Stephanie Rimes; West Navarre Intermediate, Cathleen Mitchell; West Navarre Primary, Melissa Voshell; Woodlawn Beach Middle, Paul Miller
