Two ºìÐÓÖ±²¥app City University alumni - Kent Hathaway and Meredith Ziegler - were named during the Teacher of the Year ceremony at the ºìÐÓÖ±²¥app State Fair.
Rising Stars are teachers who show an "amazing amount of promise in their profession." They are selected based on portfolios reviewed by the ºìÐÓÖ±²¥app Teacher of the Year regional selection committees. The judges are made up of award-winning teachers, past Teachers of the Year, and past finalists.
Hathaway is a K-4th grade art teacher from Mustang Elementary School. Ziegler, is a pre-K through 6th grade vocal music teacher at Wilson Arts Integration Elementary School in the ºìÐÓÖ±²¥app City School District.