Monarch Global Academy Public Contract School eighth-grade social studies teacher Heather Carnaghan, a 13-year teaching veteran, was named the 2017-18 Anne Arundel County Public Schools Teacher of the Year at tonight’s 32nd annual Excellence in Education Awards.
The surprise announcement was the culminating moment at the event, presented annually in partnership by Anne Arundel County Public Schools and the Anne Arundel County Chamber of Commerce. Lauren Rimando, who teaches middle school math at Annapolis Area Christian School, was named Independent Schools Teacher of the Year.
“What I walk into a room with is years and years of building up to that moment,” Carnaghan told the crowd minutes after her name was announced. “I just want to say that the years and years and years that I have worked with educators like everyone in this room is what made it possible to be in this spot.”
