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Recognition Programs - Arkansas Teacher of the Year - Regional Finalists
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2011 Arkansas Teacher of the Year Finalists

Regional Finalists

  Finalist School District
Blair Ballard Blair Ballard fourth-grade teacher at Walnut Ridge Elementary School Lawrence County School District
Vicki Beene Vickie Beene 11th-grade English teacher at Nashville High School Nashville School District
Julie Boyd Julie Boyd second grade teacher at Hurricane Creek Elementary School Bryant School District
Jeannette Dempsey Jeannette Dempsey Environmental and Spatial Technology teacher and a kindergarten Spanish teacher at College Hill Elementary IB World School Texarkana School District
Oretha Ferguson Oretha Faye Ferguson 10th-grade English teacher at Southside High School Fort Smith School District
Kristy Parish Kristy Parish Westside Elementary School Searcy School District
Rebecca Vaughn Rebecca Vaughn kindergarten teacher at Wedlock Elementary School West Memphis School District
Maryann Walker Maryann Walker third grade teacher at M.A. Hardin Elementary School White Hall School District
Carolyn Whisenant Carolyn Whisenant kindergarten teacher at Mountain Home Kindergarten Mountain Home School District
Emily White Emily Kathryn White kindergarten teacher at Monticello Elementary School Monticello School District

Third Runner-up

Mary Parson Mary Katherine Parson high school biology teacher at Central High School Little Rock School District

Second Runner-up

Karen Hart Karen S. Hart high school biology teacher at Jonesboro High School Jonesboro School District

First Runner-up

Therese Thompson Therese Thompson fifth-grade teacher at John Tyson Elementary School Springdale School District

2010 Arkansas Teacher of the Year

No photo available Kathy A. Powers fifth- and sixth-grade teacher at Raymond and Phyllis Simon Intermediate School Conway School District