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- 2022 Teacher of the Year and All-City Teaching Team

2022 NPS Teacher of the Year
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Norfolk Public Schools has named Norview High School’s Subhadra Desaraju as the
2022-2023 City-Wide Teacher of the Year.
Ms. Desaraju serves as the school’s Chemistry Team Leader and is a classroom teacher who teaches AP
Chemistry, Honors Chemistry, and AP Research. Ms. Desaraju also assists teachers within the science
department with integrating technology in their planning, teaching, and assessments. She also serves as a
lead mentor in her school.
Ms. Desaraju has been a member and mentor of the Advanced Placement Chemistry Community since
2009, a National Board-Certified Teacher since 2012, and is a virtual coach for the US National
Chemistry Olympiad beginning this year.
She lives by her mottoes: “Love all, serve all” and “Be POSITIVE, like a PROTON.”
In his nomination, Norview High School’s Principal Dr. Walter Brower wrote:
“Without hesitation, I nominate Subhadra Desaraju for the NPS Teacher of the Year. She is an
exceptional educator who builds and nurtures relationships as well as creates a positive learning
environment. … an extraordinary teacher, supportive co-worker, and school leader who has won multiple
awards and grants. We are confident Ms. Desaraju would be a phenomenal NPS Teacher of the Year
representative.”
2022 Teacher Of The Year Videos
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Check out this NPS Now story about the 2022 Teacher of the Year Ceremony, including interviews with the City-Wide Teacher of the Year, and the runners-up!
2022 Teacher Of The Year Photo Gallery

































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The Top 3 Teachers of the Year are:
Jennessa Libby-Reynolds, an elementary teacher at the Academy for Discovery at Lakewood, was named Top Elementary School Teacher of the Year. Westley Knight, a Blair Middle School mathematics teacher, was named Top Middle School Teacher of the Year. Ms. Desaraju was also named Top High School Teacher of the Year.The Top 12 Teachers of the Year are:
Lauren Bartholomae, Norview Middle School | Brad Baxendell, Academy for Discovery at Lakewood / Middle School | Jennessa Libby-Reynolds, Academy for Discovery at Lakewood / Elementary | Subhadra Desaraju, Norview High School | Linda Devine, Booker T. Washington High School | Westley Knight, Blair Middle School | Leslie Magee, CHKD | Travis Mansell, Maury High School | Tamara Mewborn, Ghent School | Sheena Walker, Lake Taylor High School | LaTesa White, Azalea Gardens Middle School
2022 Norfolk Public Schools Selects Division-wide Teacher of the Year & School-Level FinalistsEach year, Norfolk Public Schools celebrates the many dedicated, innovative and passionate educators within our division through the Teacher of the Year process. Teachers are nominated for this honor by their peers within each school. We salute these teachers and give thanks for all they do for our students. In coming weeks, following an interview and observation process, NPS will announce the winners of the elementary, middle and high school teacher of the year competition, as well as the overall City-wide Teacher of the Year.
NPS 2022 All-City Teaching Team by School
Linda Devine
Booker T. Washington HS
Melissa Jones
Granby HS
Sheena Walker
Lake Taylor HSTravis Mansell
Maury HS
Subhadra Desaraju
Norview HS
LaTesa White
Azalea Gardens MS
Westley Knight
Blair MSVeronique Valencia
Northside MS
Lauren Bartholomae
Norview MS
Angela Carree
Ruffner MS
Jennessa Libby-Reynolds
LakewoodCameron Edwards
Bay View ES
Paula Heider
Mary Calcott ES
Erica Adamek
Camp Allen ES
Summer Hedrick
Chesterfield
Danielle Sentz
Easton Preschool
Susan Hagel
Crossroads (PreK-8)
Raven Revell
Jacox ESKelly Denham
Ingleside ES
Jessica Overton
Granby ES
Tamara Mewborn
Ghent (K-8)
Danielle Wiggins
Lake Taylor (3-8)
Skylar Girard
Lake Taylor (3-8)
Catherine Munden
Larchmont ES
Kristi Leek
Larrymore ES
Tyra Anderson
Willard
Casey Russell
Little Creek ES
Michale Siverio
Monroe
Brad Baxendell
ADL
Xochilt Bermudez
Ocean View ES
Rebecca Thompson
Oceanair ES
Daphne Perminter Russell
P.B. Young, Sr. ES
Lenora Holmes
Richard Bowling ES
Jazmine DeLoatch
St. Helena ES
Erika Cobb-Fisher
Sewells Point ES
Arrykka Jackson
Sherwood Forest ES
Theodosia Jones
SSAC (K-8)
Kelley Kintzing
Suburban Park ES
Amy Clay
Tanners Creek ES
Marsha Brown
Tarrallton ES
Natashia Lewis
Tidewater Park ES
Barbara Watson-Lacaze
W.H. Taylor ES
Laura Miller
Willoughby ECC
Demetria Walker-Smith
Lindenwood ES
Allison Makovec
Coleman Place ES
Arlene Giles
Berkley/Campostella
Lisa Morris-McKleny
Norview ES
Wilson Anyinyo
Rosemont
Kim Evans
Madison
Patrick Eberhardt
NET Academy
Natasha Lamont
Open Campus
Leslie Magee
CHKD
Nadia Wright
NTC