Twice as nice
Given no 2020 ceremony, Sumter School District honors current, new Teachers of the Year at Celebration of Excellence Ceremony
BY BRUCE MILLS It was a year like no other in education and one that will certainly go down in the history books. As Superintendent Penelope Martin-Knox described it at the district's annual Celebration of Excellence in Spring 2021, the last year involved lots of new learning vocabulary - such as "asynchronous," "synchronous" and "virtual" - but everybody was "face to face" for the "in-person" event and happy for it. Without an official teacher-recognition ceremony in 36 2021-2022 Sumter School District Welcome Guide
May 2020 with the initial spread of the coronavirus, Sumter School District marked its 2021 Celebration of Excellence by honoring and installing both its current teachers of the year and also the 2021-22 campus teachers of the year. The night's speakers, which included Martin-Knox and 2021 South Carolina Teacher of the Year Sarah Gams, among others, sung the praises of the district's honorees.
