What: Baltimore County Public Schools will announce its 2013-2014 Teacher of the Year and 2013-2014 Principal of the Year at a ceremony this Monday. Finalists for the Teacher of the Year award include:
- Andrea Bissell, a math teacher at Chesapeake High School who spends one weekend each month providing students with life experiences outside the classroom as a Girls Empowerment Mission (GEM) program leader;
- Lynn Detter, a 4th grade teacher at Riderwood Elementary School who started a second career as a teacher after spending a decade as an accountant;
- Cara Detwiler, a 4th grade teacher at—and alumna of—Johnnycake Elementary School who returned to her alma mater to give back to students in the underserved community;
- Sean McComb, an English teacher at Patapsco High School & Center for the Arts who was inspired to become an educator when his high school teachers gave him respite from an addiction-plagued household;
- Kay Soonfah-Senior, a Spanish teacher at Cockeysville Middle School whose Spanish-Chinese descent, coupled with a Caribbean upbringing, helps her bring a unique sense of diversity to her foreign language classes Media are invited to attend. The event will be live-streamed for the general public at www.bcps.org.