Donnie Piercey, a 5th-grade teacher at Stonewall Elementary School (Fayette County), is the 2021 Kentucky Teacher of the Year and Elementary Teacher of the Year.
“I’m never someone who cries. Now I’ve got tears here,” Piercey said from his home during the virtual presentation. “I don’t know what to say. My kids are cheering for me downstairs right now.”
As much as the COVID-19 school shutdowns hampered many educators, it helped Donnie Piercey come into his own.
On Oct. 22, the 5th-grade teacher at Stonewall Elementary School in Fayette County was named the 2021 Kentucky Teacher of the Year and the state’s Elementary Teacher of the Year.
Becoming Kentucky’s High School Teacher of the Year isn’t the only impressive thing on Christopher McCurry’s resume – he also is a poet.
The Paris, Ky., native and graduate of Bourbon County High School has been writing poetry for more than 10 years, dating back to his time as an undergrad at the University of Kentucky.
