Tara Martens Wicomico Teacher of the Year

Courtesy of Wicomico County Public Schools

SALISBURY, Md. - Wicomico has become the most recent county of Maryland’s Eastern Shore to name its 2023-2024 Teacher of the Year. 

Tara Martens, of West Salisbury Elementary, was awarded the prestigious title at the Wicomico Teacher of the Year Spring Celebration last night.

Martens joins a growing list of teachers from each of Maryland’s 24 public school districts who will go on to compete for Maryland’s Teacher of the Year Award.

So far, the winners of local Teachers of the Year are:

Kent - Mary McGee, Galena Elementary School

Dorchester - Briana Beulah, Sandy Hill Elementary School 

Somerset - Tania L. Cunningham-Raycrow, Somerset Intermediate School

Worcester - Jaimie Ridgely, Stephen Decatur Middle School

Queen Anne’s - Andrea Schulte, Kent Island High School

Wicomico - Tara Martens, West Salisbury Elementary 

Caroline - Rob Honer

Talbot - Cindy Rossbach

 

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