Each year, Chesterfield County Public Schools honors Teachers of the Year from every school at a Gold Star Gala. This year's event took place Oct. 15.
The top honoree was Davis Elementary reading specialist Maria Meyers who is the 2025 Teacher of the Year for Chesterfield County Public Schools. She has received multiple awards throughout her career but considers her top accomplishment to be "the students that can now read ... and the teachers that can now effectively and efficiently teach their students to read because of the guidance [I have] been able to provide."
Other top honorees were Carly Alford, who teaches English as a second language at Providence Middle and is the CCPS Middle School Teacher of the Year, and Victoria Fitzgerald who is the visual arts teacher at Meadowbrook High and is the CCPS High School Teacher of the Year.
In an unusual situation, a wife and husband were named 2025 Teachers of the Year for their schools: Nancy Sheetz for Bensley Elementary and Bryan Sheetz for Thomas Dale High.
Here are the 2025 Teachers of the Year from every school in Chesterfield County Public Schools:
Elementary schools
Jorge Martinez of Bellwood Elementary
Nancy Sheetz of Bensley Elementary
Jeanne Howe of Beulah Elementary
Lee Zulauf of Bon Air Elementary
Erin Richardson of Chalkley Elementary
Brandi Guess of Chester Early Childhood Learning Academy
Sabrina Taylor of Chesterfield Virtual School
Dylan Campbell of Marguerite Christian Elementary
Carolyn Harlow of Clover Hill Elementary
Meghan Broderick of Thelma Crenshaw Elementary
Tina Rodin of Crestwood Elementary
Emily Peppers of Curtis Elementary
Maria Meyers of Davis Elementary (also CCPS Teacher of the Year and CCPS Elementary School Teacher of the Year)
Megan Bailey of Ecoff Elementary
Courtney Sykes of Enon Elementary
Lesa Boyd of Ettrick Elementary
Christine Wells of Evergreen Elementary
JaNell Chavis of Falling Creek Elementary
Jessica Coe of Gates Elementary
Amy Blaylock of Gordon Elementary
Jenifer Friedel of Grange Hall Elementary
Jill Lutz of Greenfield Elementary
Nicole Fleming of Harrowgate Elementary
Mercedes Francis of Hening Elementary
Jacob Stech of Hopkins Elementary
Lauren Marston of Jacobs Road Elementary
Stacy Bradford of Matoaca Elementary
Dan Case of Moseley Elementary
Jessica Harrington of Old Hundred Elementary
Valerie DeLung of Providence Elementary
Victoria “Vicki” McGee of Reams Road Elementary
Kristin Jones of Robious Elementary
Keith Spencer of Salem Church Elementary
Tonja Pass of Elizabeth Scott Elementary
Stephanie Clarke of Alberta Smith Elementary
Kristie McGuigan of Spring Run Elementary
Sandi Wiley of Swift Creek Elementary
Kelly McDougald of Watkins Elementary
Annie Babb of Bettie Weaver Elementary
Carlie Jansen of Wells Elementary
Megan Baker of Winterpock Elementary
Robin Seifert of Woolridge Elementary
Middle schools
Adrienne Keller of Bailey Bridge Middle
Marianne Hinton of Carver Middle
Jonathan Schoepflin of Elizabeth Davis Middle
Dr. Cecelia Stith of Falling Creek Middle
Anna Hastings of Manchester Middle
Mark Adams Jr. of Matoaca Middle
Marcus Brown of Midlothian Middle
Carly Alford of Providence Middle (also CCPS Middle School Teacher of the Year)
Angie Jett of Robious Middle
Sara Lindsay of Salem Church Middle
Caitlin Conroy of Swift Creek Middle
Matt Widrick of Tomahawk Creek Middle
High schools
Cheri Washington-Elliott of Bird High
Amy Pernell of Career and Technical Center @ Courthouse
Dr. Tim Dey of Career and Technical Center @ Hull
Aubrey Moog-Ayers of Carver College and Career Academy
Jessie White of CCPSOnline
Kimberly Peterson of Clover Hill High
Wendy Washington of Cosby High
Bryan Sheetz of Thomas Dale High
Kellie Samson of James River High
Barbara Kaminski of Juvenile Detention Center
Bonnie Byrnes of Manchester High
Brooke Vaughan of Matoaca High
Victoria Fitzgerald of Meadowbrook High (also CCPS High School Teacher of the Year)
Erinn Dinsmore of Midlothian High
Janel Parks of Monacan High