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Eight of Kansas’ top educators will now vie for the title of 2024 Kansas Teacher of the Year.
The remaining two regional finalists were named Saturday, April 1, at the Tony’s Pizza Events Center in Salina.
Erin Pittenger, an elementary teacher at St. George Elementary School, Rock Creek Unified School District 323, and Gretchen Elliott, an art teacher at Smoky Valley High School, Smoky Valley USD 400, were named Region 1 finalists.
With that announcement, all eight regional finalists have been named.
Region 2, 3 and 4 semifinalists and finalists were announced on March 25 and 26 at different venues across the state.
The other six regional finalists are:
This year, 124 educators across the state were nominated for the Kansas Teacher of the Year distinction.
As finalists for the Kansas Teacher of the Year distinction, the eight regional finalists each received a $2,000 cash award from Security Benefit, the major corporate partner for the Kansas Teacher of the Year program. In addition, they are each now eligible to be named Kansas Teacher of the Year, which will be announced during a ceremony Saturday, Sept. 23, in Wichita.
Each of the semifinalists received a red marble apple with a wooden base, compliments of The Master Teacher in Manhattan.
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