They deserve our honor, respect and support. Mary Hamilton Lostetter is South Carolina's new State Teacher of the Year. She teaches math at Lugoff-Elgin High School in Lugoff. She believes that all students have promise and that it is up to teachers to communicate that message. Our educational system is strong, and through the collaborative efforts of the school, community and parents, we can cause change to occur.
Positive change depends on what occurs in our classrooms.
The Saluda High School Jazz Combo provided entertainment. The group, organized this year under the direction of Bryan Hilly, performed a variety of Dixieland jazz tunes throughout the evening. South Carolina's Honor Roll teachers are the finalists in the State Teacher of the Year Program 2000. Leslie Revis, a Spanish teacher at Beaufort High School in Beaufort County. Jean Siewicki, a seventh-grade English teacher at Drayton Hall Middle School in Charleston County.