The Santa Rosa Education Foundation invited every school in the Santa Rosa School District to nominate one teacher for the 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-First Annual Rookie of the Year Reception on May 11 at 4 p.m. at B.C. Russell Elementary School. Santa Rosa’s Rookie of the Year 2016 will be announced during the awards presentation.
2016 Santa Rosa Rookie of the Year Nominees:
Avalon Middle, Margaret Salter; Bagdad Elementary, Emily Christensen; Berryhill Administrative Complex, Anna Medina; Berryhill Elementary, Stephanie Barnes; Central, Jessica Swearingen; Dixon Intermediate, Kayla Mefferd; Dixon Primary, Lauren Kelly; East Milton Elementary, Lisa Underwood; Gulf Breeze Elementary, Lindsay Bowman; Gulf Breeze High, Kimberly Messer; Gulf Breeze Middle, Ryan Ottensmeyer; Hobbs Middle, Candice Rhodes; Holley-Navarre Intermediate, Lauren Goodin; Holley-Navarre Middle, Brandon Czubinski; Holley-Navarre Primary, Cari Taylor; Jackson Pre-Kindergarten, Heather Haynes; Jay Elementary, Jennifer Hendricks; Jay High, Elisha Rowland; King Middle, Shasta Harrell; Locklin Technical, James Kirchhar; Milton High, Steven Ramirez; Navarre High, Kadie Moretz; Oriole Beach Elementary, Carla Urquhart; Pace High, Kathryn Faulkner; Pea Ridge Elementary, Missy Pitts; Rhodes Elementary, April Bardin; Russell Elementary, Jamie Brake; Santa Rosa High, Kathryn Collins; Sims Middle, Chelsea Boling; West Navarre Intermediate, Christene Long; West Navarre Primary, Julia Swank; Woodlawn Beach Middle, Amy Cozart