From left: Haley White and Jennifer Leach
May 6, 2026 (Photo Album Coming Soon) - The Shelby County Elementary Teacher of the Year was awarded to Jennifer Leach and the Shelby County Secondary Teacher of the Year was awarded to Haley White during the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce Teacher Appreciation reception held Wednesday, May 6th at the Windham Civic Center in Center. The reception recognized the dedication of all the campus teachers of the year with each campus administrator praising their teacher before presenting them with a Certificate of Recognition. Each teacher was then presented a letter by Texas Representative of District 11, Joanne Shofner.
Door prizes donated by area businesses were given out with enough for each teacher to receive one gift and some receiving two gifts.
The Teachers of the Year from the Shelby County School Campuses are:
F.L. Moffett Primary School – Diane Horsley
Center Elementary School – Kenneth Horsley
Center Middle School – Haley White
Center High School – Melissa Munoz
Center Roughrider Academy - Meredith Morris
Excelsior ISD – Caroline Cox
S.W. Carter Elementary – Jennifer Leach
Shelbyville Middle School – Deanna Metcalf
Shelbyville High School – Heather Pinkston
Tenaha Elementary School – Marcia Albert
Tenaha Middle/High School – Nicci Cooper
Timpson Elementary – Kambry Wallace
Timpson Middle School – Donna Sue Youngblood
Timpson High School – Lacey Gandy
Thank you to all our Sponsors and to all the businesses who donated gift items for helping us recognize our wonderful teachers, countywide, for all they do for our community and our students.
Presenting Sponsor is Badders Law Firm. Gold sponsors for the event are Farmers State Bank, HR Group and Shelby Savings Bank. Silver Sponsors are McWilliams Heating Cooling Plumbing and Ray Jones Chevrolet.
Host Table Sponsors are Action Team Realtors of Center, Aurora Concepts, BOM Bank, Doches Credit Union, Mathews Real Estate, Panola College – Shelby County, Raymond Motor Company, Tuxedo Springs and Windham Family Dental. Spotlight tables are Diamond B Coffee and Shelby Insurance Agency.
