Christine Fernandez named Marion County s top teacher
Christine Fernandez, a Shady Hill Elementary School kindergarten and first-grade MCPSonline teacher who uses puppets to engage her class, was named Marion County’s 2021 Golden Apple Teacher of the Year on Friday.
Fernandez was honored at 8:35 p.m. Friday during the 31st annual Golden Apple Gala. With the honor, she will receive a three-year lease on a 2021 Hyundai Sonata from Jenkins Auto Group.
Fernandez thanked her husband, Tony, and sons, Michael and Matthew, for putting up with all those voices that I have done throughout the years. I apologize for the kindergarten voice (that) sort of comes home with me sometimes, she said. And also I want to thank all the teachers that I have come across. Through the years, each and every one of them have inspired me to be the teacher that I am today.
Marion County s top teacher continues quest for science lab equipment
Vanguard High science teacher Euan Hunter’s mission to buy equipment for a districtwide state-of-the-art science lab at the Silver River Museum continues nearly a year after the Scotsman won Marion County Teacher of the Year honors.
On Jan. 24, Hunter was named Marion County’s top educator at the 30th annual Golden Apple Gala. With that honor, Hunter received a three-year lease to a new Hyundai Sonata from Jenkins Auto Group.
Hunter asked Jenkins Auto Group to donate the $10,000 value of the lease toward Silver River laboratory equipment. He sacrificed free use of a car for three years to help fund his dream for the Silver River lab.