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South Alumnae named Teachers of the Year

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Posted on February 9, 2021

Lance Crawford

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Mobile County Public Schools recently named its 2020 Teachers of the Year and all of them have degrees from the 小蝌蚪APP. 

Those recognized are Julie Neidhardt of Hutchens Elementary School, Anna Mouton of Clark-Shaw School of Math, Science and Technology and Deborah Pippin of Citronelle High School.  

鈥淲e are blessed to be able to honor these three individuals 鈥� Julie Neidhardt, Anna Mouton and Deborah Pippin - as Mobile County鈥檚 Teachers of the Year,鈥� said Mobile County Public Schools Superintendent Chresal Threadgill. 鈥淭o be nominated by your school is an incredible honor, but these educators are going even beyond that by being recognized as the best of the best in all 89 of our schools.鈥�

Neidhardt is the county鈥檚 Elementary Teacher of the Year. After changing her major from education, she graduated from South with a degree in geology. However, the call to teach kept pulling at her and finally the two passions merged into a career of teaching science to young students.

鈥淚t is my honor to represent the amazing teachers at my school and the district, from whom I have learned so much, and my duty to represent them well, Neidhardt said.  

Mouton was named the middle school teacher of the year. She received her alternative master鈥檚 in education from South. A 19-year veteran educator, Mouton taught third and fourth grades and served as a computer lab instructor before becoming the library media specialist at Clark-Shaw School of Math, Science and Technology in 2006.

鈥淚 find a great deal of satisfaction in everyday encounters with parents, students, and teachers when I have helped in some way,鈥� Mouton said.

Pippin is a 15-year veteran English teacher at Citronelle High School, arriving right after graduating with her degree in education from South. She also worked as a member of her school鈥檚 Digital Literacy Team which proved valuable when schools transitioned to remote learning in the spring of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

But as prepared as she might have been for online learning, Pippen was completely caught off-guard upon finding out she had won this award.  

鈥淚 felt a myriad of emotions. Surprised, overwhelmed, honored and proud, she said. 鈥淲hen a group of people and cameras came into my room and Mr. [Randy] Campbell told me that I had been selected, I was so overcome by emotions that I couldn鈥檛 hold back the tears of happiness.鈥�

The common thread between these three outstanding educators is simply, the love of teaching.

鈥淎fter 23 years of teaching, I still feel as if it鈥檚 the first day when I go to work each morning,鈥� Neidhardt explained. 鈥淭eaching is hard work, but as the saying goes, choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.鈥�

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