Jackson Magazine honored their top teachers Thursday at the Commonwealth Commerce Center.

 

Shelly Jusick joined us here at WKHM to announce the Top 5 on Wednesday:

  • Carmel McDonald – Paragon Charter Academy
  • Mickey Archer – Warner Elementary
  • Mary CHamberlain – Bean Elementary
  • Suzanne Gibbs – Warner Elementary
  • Nicole Kelly – Warner Elementary

The Teacher of the Year Award, along with the $5 thousand prize went to Carmel McDonald of Paragon Charter Academy. McDonald said that she was stunned. “Its a really neat thing that Jackson Magazine honors teachers in our community.”

McDonald said that her kids attended Paragon, and that was how she ended up as a teacher there. Originally from Canada, McDonald took the time to transfer her certifications and accepted a position in the middle school. Her philosophy is “close reading”, which is taking a small section of a piece of literature and pick it apart “for language, for theme, for structure, and try to imitate that kind writing,” McDonald said.

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