The department released the list of the 2024-25 New Jersey County Teachers of the Year on Tuesday, Aug. 6.
They are:
- Atlantic County: Carly Broomhead, Visual Arts Teacher at Emma C. Attales Middle School in the Absecon School District
- Bergen County: Margarita Diakos, Special Education Teacher at Ramsey High School in the Ramsey School District
- Burlington County: Margaret Fanourgakis, Health & Physical Education Teacher at Shawnee High School in the Lenape Regional High School District
- Camden County: Stacey Brown-Downham, Elementary Reading Interventionist at J. F. Tatem Elementary School in the Haddonfield School District
- Cape May County: Antonio Martín Franco, Spanish, Health & Physical Education Teacher at Stone Harbor Elementary School in the Avalon Stone Harbor School District
- Cumberland County: Karolina Mills, English as a Second Language Teacher at Marie D. Durand Elementary School in the Vineland School District
- Essex County: El Houcin Houssam, Mathematics Teacher at West Side High School in the Newark School District
- Gloucester County: Vanessa Poggioli, Mathematics Teacher at Thomas E. Bowe Middle School in the Glassboro School District
- Hudson County: Kelly Carroll, Multi-Sensory Reading Specialist at Mary J. Donohoe Community School in the Bayonne School District
- Hunterdon County: Meghan Luick, Mathematics Teacher at North Hunterdon High School in the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Reg. High School District
- Mercer County: Nicole Hamlet, Biology Teacher at Trenton Central High School in the Trenton School District
- Middlesex County: Kristen Johnson, Social Studies Teacher at Carteret Middle School in the Carteret School District
- Monmouth County: Sara Mazzone, English Teacher at Red Bank Regional High School in the Red Bank Regional High School District
- Morris County: Alyssa Guagenti, Gifted & Talented & Special Education Teacher at Jefferson Township Middle School in the Jefferson Township School District
- Ocean County: Jill Falletta, First Grade Teacher at Beach Haven School in the Beach Haven School District
- Passaic County: Bernadette Orsita, Spanish Teacher at Manchester Regional High School in the Manchester Regional High School District
- Salem County: Deanna Miller, Agri-Science Teacher at Woodstown High School in the Woodstown Pilesgrove Regional School District
- Somerset County: Stefanie Lachenauer, Social Studies Teacher at Montgomery Upper Middle School in the Montgomery Township School District
- Sussex County: Mary Houghtaling, English Teacher at Kittatinny Regional High School in the Kittatinny Regional School District
- Union County: Alejandro Mejía, Spanish Teacher at David Brearley Middle-High School in the Kenilworth School District
- Warren County: Jennifer Mazziotta-Walter, Visual Arts & Gifted & Talented Teacher at Harmony Township School in the Harmony Township School District
The educators were named during a ceremony at The College of New Jersey in Ewing and are eligible for the state's Teacher of the Year award.
Click here for a full bio on each teacher.
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