Salem’s Fell named District Teacher of the Year

By Devin Sherrill, Bryant School District Communications Director

Bryant Superintendent Dr. Tom Kimbrell presents Salem Elementary teacher Lindsey Fell with the District Teacher of the Year award.

Bryant Superintendent Dr. Tom Kimbrell presents Salem Elementary teacher Lindsey Fell with the District Teacher of the Year award.

Lindsay Fell, first grade teacher at Salem Elementary, was selected from 11 of the Bryant School District’s most outstanding teachers to be the 2015 District Teacher of the Year.

The teachers were honored at the annual Retirement and Awards Reception on May 21. Other Teacher of the Year nominees, selected from each individual school, include:

Lindsey Hartsell, Bryant Elementary

Lenee Gipson, Collegeville Elementary

Bobbi Dettmer, Davis Elementary

Donna Taylor, Paron Elementary

Becky Smith, Hill Farm Elementary

Kim Trickey, Hurricane Creek Elementary

Meryl Vaughn, Springhill Elementary

Angel Moran, Bethel Middle School

Kim Overstreet, Bryant Middle School

Will Heatherly, Bryant High School

Fell has been a professional educator for the past 10 years, with an emphasis on Literacy and Mathematics. She has taught first, second, and third grades and has partnered with the District’s technology department to train teachers. She said she believes that a quality teacher is a caring teacher.

“Showing students we care about them helps create a positive, supportive relationship and helps build an environment where learning can flourish,” she said. “We’re modeling behavior we want students to learn and emulate while instilling a confidence that leads them to finding and appreciating who they are.”

Fell will represent the Bryant School District in the Arkansas Teacher of the Year competition.

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