By SALINA POST
EMPORIA - A Salina educator is among the 2022 class of Kansas Master Teachers.
The awards were announced this afternoon in Emporia.
Melanie Hammond, a chemistry/physical science teacher at Salina South High School is among this year's Kansas Master Teachers, according to information on Emporia State's Kansas Master Teacher Awards website.
Other members of the 2022 class of Kansas Master Teachers include the following.
●Andy Battenfield, physical education teacher at Village Elementary School in USD 253 Emporia
●Karen Stohlmann Henderson, mathematics & engineering teacher at Northwest High School in USD 229 Blue Valley
●Sarah M. Hoff, social studies teacher at Dodge City High School in USD 443 Dodge City
●Gina Johnson, fourth and fifth grade teacher at O'Loughlin Elementary School in USD 489 Hays
●Bryan Scruggs, instructional coach at Seitz Elementary School in USD 475 Geary County
●Barbara Tholen, journalism adviser/graphic design teacher at Lawrence High School in USD 497 Lawrence.
Together, the class of 2022 has nearly 130 years of teaching experience, Emporia State noted.
Thanks to support from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, each master teacher will be presented with a check for $1,000, according to Emporia State.
"Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Kansas Master Teachers as well as the 2022 Master Teachers will be honored on Master Teacher Day to be held Wednesday, April 6 at Emporia State University. The Kansas Master Teacher program suspended recognizing individual teachers for 2021," Emporia State noted on the Kansas Master Teacher Awards website.
The recipients were selected by a 10-member committee including representatives from the Kansas Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, Kansas Principals Association, Kansas Association of School Boards, Kansas Association of Secondary School Principals, Kansas National Education Association, Kansas National Education Association – Student Program, ESU’s Kappa Delta Pi student organization, and representatives of the 2020 Kansas Master Teacher class.