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Teacher of the Year 2013 Craig Thompson
Hoover City Schools Secondary Teacher of the Year 2013 Craig Thompson
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Teacher of the Year Lydia Bartle
Greystone Elementary Teacher of the Year Lydia Bartle.
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Teacher of the Year Maya Britt
Berry Middle Teacher of the Year Maya Britt.
In December, Hoover City Schools named Spain Park social studies teacher Craig Thompson the system’s Secondary Teacher of the Year.
Thompson has been teaching for 13 years since receiving his education from Tulane University and the University of Montevallo. He has spent the past decade with Hoover City Schools. He is currently the schools’ instructor for 10th-grade Advanced Placement U.S. History and the Spain Park Law Academy.
An educator earns Teacher of the Year honors through faculty, staff and administration nominations. It represents the highest honor within a school.
“Being selected by your peers for excellence is an incredible honor,” Superintendent Andy Craig said. “We are fortunate to have high-quality teachers throughout our school system.”
HCS Teachers of the Year are put forward as State Board of Education District IV candidates for the Alabama Teacher of the Year program, administered by the Alabama State Board of Education and the Alabama State Department of Education.
Other 280-area teachers recognized by HCS:
• Greystone Elementary Teacher of the Year is Lydia Bartle. A teacher since 1986, Bartle received her education from Saint Mary’s College, the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Samford University. She has been with the Hoover system for 17 years and currently teaches fifth grade.
• Berry Middle Teacher of the Year is Maya Britt. Britt has been teaching for more than 15 years and has spent the past 14 with Hoover City Schools. She received her education from Colgate University and UAB and currently teaches eighth-grade social studies.
– Submitted by Jason Gaston / Hoover City Schools
