Top Students Honor Time Warner Star Teachers

Twenty Cleveland County Schools teachers were honored March 13 at the 2008 Star Teacher Awards banquet at Gardner-Webb University. This was the 18^th annual event recognizing teachers sponsored by the Greater Cleveland County Schools Educational Foundation through the support of Time Warner Cable.

The five top academic students in the senior classes at Burns, Crest, Kings Mountain and Shelby high schools selected their Star teachers and honored them at the event.

Star teachers and the senior scholars who nominated them were Pamela Callahan of Crest High, selected by Danielle Marie Burch of Crest High; Peter Strickland of Crest High, selected by Allison Michelle Hoyle of Crest; Todd Peeler of Crest High, selected by Toni Marie Nogalski of Crest; Daniel Thomas of Crest High, selected by Logan Tyler Simpson of Crest; and David Putnam of Crest High, selected by Benjamin Charles Wright of Crest.

Also, Gil Doggett of Kings Mountain High, selected by Kelsey Renee Harvey of Kings Mountain High; Sally Hendrick of Kings Mountain High, selected by Arti Jayesh Patel of Kings Mountain; Lori Wilbanks of Kings Mountain High, selected by Rahil Atul Patel of Kings Mountain; Kelly Grier of Kings Mountain High, selected by Christopher Thomas Potts of Kings Mountain; and Bryan Feldman of Kings Mountain Middle, selected by Taylor Leigh-Ann Rippy of Kings Mountain.

Also, Ford McDonald of Shelby High, selected by Allison Grace Cummings of Shelby High; Heidi Steeves of Shelby High, selected by Anne Meredith Davis of Shelby; Steven Padgett of Shelby High, selected by Caroline Mary Jones of Shelby; Jim Prevost of Shelby High, selected by Erin Elizabeth Mode of Shelby; and Nancy McCullough of Shelby High, selected by Adrienne Clara-Lena Pearson of Shelby.

Also, Roxanne Proctor of Burns High, selected by John-Michael Dick of Burns High; Richard Plyler of Burns High, selected by William Brad Hubbard of Burns; Anne Goss of Burns High, selected by Dylan Wayne Spivey of Burns; Larry Gardner of Burns High, selected by Carrie Alice Stinchcomb of Burns; and A.B. Blanton of Burns High, selected by James Westley Walker of Burns.

The Star Teacher Awards are held annually to recognize the hard work and dedication of Cleveland County educators. These outstanding teachers are selected by those who benefit directly from that effort their students. The celebration began 18 years ago by the Greater Cleveland County Schools Educational Foundation, and has been sponsored since then through a partnership with Time-Warner Cable. The partnership was so successful that Time-Warner incorporated the program throughout the Charlotte Division, and other Time Warner systems throughout the country have adopted it as well. The Cable Television Public Affairs Association recognized the program with the Beacon Award in 1997 one of the highest honors given in the cable industry.