teachers of the year

๐‹๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž

Linden Public Schools

May 29, 2025

Eleven of Linden Public Schoolsโ€™ finest educatorsโ€”each named Teacher of the Year by their respective schoolsโ€”were ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–, ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ, a ceremony that honored outstanding teachers from districts across the county.

๐€ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

The honorees were joined by ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐€๐ญ๐ข๐ฒ๐š ๐˜. ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ž ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐Š๐ž๐š๐ง ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ. Sponsored by the Union County Superintendentsโ€™ Roundtable, the annual program applauds multiple Teacher of the Year honorees from school districts throughout the county.

Lindenโ€™s 11 award-winning educators stood proudly among Union Countyโ€™s best, hailed for their commitment to student achievement, classroom innovation, and educational leadership.

The 2024 Governorโ€™s Educator of the Year Honorees are

๐’๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐Ž๐‹ ๐๐Ž. ๐Ÿ

๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ: ๐๐š๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐Š๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ (๐†๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐Ÿ)

๐’๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐Ž๐‹ ๐๐Ž. ๐Ÿ

โ€ข ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ: ๐‰๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ž ๐๐ข๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง (๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿโ€“๐Ÿ‘)

๐’๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐Ž๐‹ ๐๐Ž. ๐Ÿ’

โ€ข ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ: ๐Š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐๐š๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐จ (๐๐ซ๐ž-๐Š)

๐’๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐Ž๐‹ ๐๐Ž. ๐Ÿ“

โ€ข ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ: ๐Š๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ž (๐Š๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ง)

๐’๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐Ž๐‹ ๐๐Ž. ๐Ÿ”

โ€ข ๐“๐š๐ง๐ข๐š ๐๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐œ๐จ (๐†๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ & ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ โ€“ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ & ๐Ÿ”)

๐’๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐Ž๐‹ ๐๐Ž. ๐Ÿ–

โ€ข ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ: ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐š ๐‘๐ข๐ž๐œ๐ค๐ก๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ (๐†๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐Ÿ)

๐’๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐Ž๐‹ ๐๐Ž. ๐Ÿ—

โ€ข ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ: ๐Š๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ซ (๐†๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐Ÿ)

๐’๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐Ž๐‹ ๐๐Ž. ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ

โ€ข ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ: ๐Š๐ข๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐’๐ณ๐œ๐ณ๐ž๐ฌ๐ง๐ฒ (๐๐ซ๐ž-๐Š)

๐’๐Ž๐„๐‡๐‹ ๐Œ๐ˆ๐ƒ๐ƒ๐‹๐„ ๐’๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐Ž๐‹

โ€ข ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ: ๐‘๐š๐๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ง (๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ก)

๐Œ๐‚๐Œ๐€๐๐”๐’ ๐Œ๐ˆ๐ƒ๐ƒ๐‹๐„ ๐’๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐Ž๐‹

โ€ข ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ: ๐‰๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š (๐‹๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ)

๐‹๐ˆ๐๐ƒ๐„๐ ๐‡๐ˆ๐†๐‡ ๐’๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐Ž๐‹

โ€ข ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ: ๐†๐ข๐š-๐๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐š

โ€œThese 11 educators represent the very best of Lindenโ€”teachers who donโ€™t just educate, they uplift and empower,โ€ said Superintendent Perkins. โ€œWe are beyond proud of their achievement and grateful for their unwavering service to our students.โ€

Honoring Those Who Inspire and Lead

The morning featured inspirational speeches, including a keynote address by Union County Teacher of the Year Alejandro Mejรญa, a Spanish teacher at David Brearley Middle-High School in the Kenilworth School District. Mejรญaโ€™s remarks highlighted the lifelong impact that passionate and culturally responsive educators can make.

Teaching with Heart and Impact

Each Linden honoree was selected by their school community for demonstrating excellence in teaching, fostering academic growth, and creating a nurturing, inclusive classroom environment.

Congratulations to all of our Linden Teachers of the Yearโ€”and to every educator across Union County who continues to shape minds, change lives, and build brighter futures.