MAPS Elementary Teacher of the Year

Our MAPS K-5 Teacher of The Year is Kirsti Brunet, a Kindergarten Teacher at Superior Hills Elementary School. Her nominators wrote, “Kirsti Brunet is an incredible teacher who, after serving for 22 years, is still such a passionate and excited educator. She is incredibly kind, makes all of her students feel valued and safe, and knows how to help students grow into the best students they can be inside and outside of the classroom. There are not enough words to explain how incredible Kirsti is as a mentor, a teacher, a faculty member, or as a friend. Kirsti deserves to be honored for the hard work and dedication she has put into the teaching profession."


Past Award Winners

Elementary Teacher of the Year
2021-22 Melissa Polkinghorne (Superior Hills Elementary)
2020-21 Nicole Heidtman (Superior Hills Elementary)
2018-19 Ben Posey (Cherry Creek Elementary)

Teacher of the Year
2017-18 Lesley Addison (Bothwell Middle School)
2016-17 Patti Karwoski (Superior Hills Elementary)
2015-16 Erin Donovan (Superior Hills Elementary)
2014-15 Sara Moyle (Bothwell Middle School)
2013-14 Matthew Brintlinger (Marquette Alternative High School)
2012-13 Kristina O'Connor & Blythe Raikko (Marquette Senior High School)
2011-12 Cynthia DePetro (Marquette Alternative High School)
2010-11 Karla McCutcheon (Marquette Senior High School)
2009-10 Cheryl Emich-Leete (Sandy Knoll Elementary)
2008-09 Lisa Jahnke (Marquette Senior High School)
2007-08 Toni Landick (Bothwell Middle School)
2006-07 Mary Stevenson (Marquette Senior High School)
2005-06 Carolyn Northey (Bothwell Middle School)
2004-05 Fred Cole (Marquette Senior High School)
2003-04 Christopher Standerford (Marquette Senior High School)
2002-03 Marianne Evans (Graveraet Intermediate School) & Karen Bacula (Bothwell Middle School)
2001-02 Marsha Page (Vandenboom Elementary School)
2000-01 Ellen Zaki (Marquette Senior High School)
1999-00 Janis Shier Norton (Marquette Senior High School & Bothwell Middle School)
1997-98 Cheryl Gustafson (Bothwell Middle School)
1996-97 Iris Katers (Graveraet Intermediate School)
1995-96 Sue Szczepanski (Whitman Elementary)
1994-95 Sharon Green (Graveraet Intermediate School)
1993-94 Mary McKinney (Bothwell Middle School)
1992-93 Bev Humpula (Bothwell Middle School)
1991-92 Jill Nelson (Fisher Elementary)
1990-91 Jim Brogan (Marquette Senior High School)
1989-90 Ruth Murphy (Fisher Elementary)