HISTORY
Recent Douglas County Teachers of the Year
DCEF Background
Douglas County Education Foundation was incorporated as a tax-exempt, nonprofit, 501(c)(3) corporation in 1984. (See BYLAWS at this link). Since our inception, we have raised and distributed almost half a million dollars, thanks to overwhelming community and local business support. We use this money to fund grants that enable Douglas County teachers to implement unique, exciting, and enriching projects affecting all of the public schools in our district. We also honor our teachers who have been selected by their peers as outstanding educators. We provide an annual recognition luncheon, Golden Apple classroom bells for each recipient, and site-specific wall plaques honoring the Teachers of the Year for each school.
(Photo by Shannon Litz, Record Courier)
2008/2009 Amy Hope teaches sixth grade at Zephyr Cove Elementary School. Her passions are mathematics and helping to kindle her students' thirst for knowledge. 
(Photo by Scott Neuffer, Record-Courier)
2007/2008 Christine Ensign has taught Math (Statistics) at Douglas High School for the past 8 years. 
(Photo by Shannon Litz, Record-Courier)
2006/2007 Trich Michitarian - a product of the Douglas County school system, herself - has taught at C.C. Meneley Elementary School for 10 years. 
(Photo by Gary B. Swift, DCEF)
2005/2006 Susan Moore - sixth-grade teacher at Piñon Hills Elementary School, where she has taught since 1998. 
(Photo by Gary B. Swift, DCEF)
2004/2005 Elizabeth Gray - classroom teacher for a combined group of 3rd and 4th graders at Minden Elementary School. 
(Photo by Shannon Litz, Record-Courier)
2003/2004 Christine Jezek - classroom teacher and literacy coordinator at Jacks Valley Elementary School.