FORT KENT, Maine — A Fort Kent woman has been named Aroostook County’s 2017 Teacher of the Year by Educate Maine.
The organization announced Teachers of the Year for each of Maine’s 16 counties May 11 in Augusta. Leslie Marquis, who teaches science at Fort Kent Community High School, earned the award for Aroostook County.
According to a press statement, Educate Maine received hundreds of nominations from throughout the state.
“The Teacher of the Year program is meant to celebrate the thousands of outstanding professional educators in Maine schools, not to single out any individual as the best teacher in Maine, stated the group in the press release. “Our county and state Teachers of the Year serve as exemplars of the teaching profession, and advocates for quality education of Maine students.”
Teachers of the year from other counties are: Androscoggin, Nesrene Griffin, Governor James Longley School; Cumberland, Brooke Teller, Casco Bay High School; Franklin, Allison Warman, Rangeley Lakes School; Hancock, Marielle Edgecomb, The Peninsula School; Kennebec, Lisette Bordes, Messalonskee High School; Knox, Iris Eichenlaub, Camden Hills Regional Hs; Lincoln, Christopher Coleman, Great Salt Bay Community School; Oxford, Janet Harriman, Sacopee Valley High School; Penobscot, Kasie Giallombardo, Nokomis High School; Piscataquis, Kaitlin Young, Sedomocha Elementary School; Sagadahoc, John Dever, Mt. Ararat High School; Somerset, Eric Brown, Lawrence High School; Waldo, Christi Goosman, Searsport District High School; Washington, Rhonda Stevens, Beatrice Rafferty School; and York, Jen England, Noble High School.
