Wicomico County Public Schools looks forward to celebrating teachers and a Friend of Education at the 2022 Wicomico Teacher of the Year Spring Celebration on Wednesday, April 6 at Kylan Barn in Delmar.
Twenty-five semifinalists for Wicomico Teacher of the Year were announced at a Kickoff Celebration on Dec. 2. Since that time, the semifinalists have been tested on public speaking at the Fishbowl event, have completed written prompts for scoring, and have been interviewed by a blue-ribbon panel of judges who are all past Wicomico teachers of the year. The four teachers with the highest total scores from these Teacher of the Year Program activities will be announced as the finalists on April 6, with the top-scoring finalist will be named as the new Teacher of the Year.
Also on the program for that night is the naming of the 2022 Rising Star Award winner, an outstanding second-year teacher. This teacher will receive $1,000 and other prizes from the McCain Foundation, which each year honors and supports excellent teachers who are early in their careers.
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2022 Friend of Education Award, which will be presented that night. To submit a nomination, please email comments@wcboe.org with the name of the person or organization, and provide a brief description of what makes the nominee stand out as a Friend of Education. Deadline for nominations is March 8.
Wicomico County Public Schools is thankful for the outstanding support it receives from the community, and is glad to be able to celebrate at least one supporter each year with the Friend of Education Award. Past Friends of Education are listed below.
Past Friend of Education Honorees
2020-2021 – Optimist Club of Salisbury
2019 – Maryland Food Bank
2018 – Grace Foxwell Murdock
2017 – Wicomico Public Libraries and Friends of Wicomico Public Libraries
2016 – Norman Conway
2015 – Wor-Wic Community College
2014 – Salisbury University’s Seidel School of Education & Professional Studies
2013 – Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore Inc.
2012 – Lisa Bryant of WBOC
2011 – PAC 14
2010 – Hannah Miller (Barnes & Noble bookstore)
2009 – Fruitland Community Center (Alexis Dashield & Mary Gladys Jones)
2008 – Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore (Dr. Spicer Bell)
2007 – Bruce Patterson – Director of Facilities at PRMC, Chairman of School Building Commission for 10 years
2006 – Sherman Wood – head football coach at Salisbury University
2005 – Rotary Clubs
2004 – Thomas Baxter and Baxter Enterprises
2004 – Gladys & Charles Goslee
2003 – Rob & Chris Gibson of Chick-Fil-A
2002 – William T. Middleton (Superintendent)
1997 – Tracy Sahler (media, Daily Times); Lisa Spicer (media, WBOC Learning Matters)
Richard F. Hazel and Morgan P. Hazel
Mary Louise M. Nelson and the Morris Family
Randolph G. Outen
Paul S. Sarbanes
George Whitehead (Board President and other service to youth)
