Education & Social Sciences

Education - Alumni Teacher of the Year

The Warren K. and Helen J. Garner Alumni Teacher of the Year award honors a Manchester University teacher education alumnus/alumnae who is currently active in classroom teaching in preschool through grade 12, who:

  • has made significant contributions to education
  • provides exceptional service to the profession
  • is deeply concerned for the individual students
  • is able to inspire learning

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Warren K. and Helen J. Garner Alumni Teacher of the Year Honorees:

2024Amy Hively ' 01Chemistry Education
2023Joel Eichenauer '91Elementary
2022

Michelle Keim ‘05

Elementary
2019Stacey Morgan '09English/Language Arts 
2017Marie Snyder ’67 HarrisElementary
2015Jody Sarber '07Secondary Math
2014

Ryan S. Evans '07

Science
2013Paige Keim ’95Elementary
2012Kacina Peters ’06 PfeifferElementary
2011Connie Hicks ’74 PipherElementary
2010Portia Price ’86 CoeElementary
2005Phil Sheets '71 '75
Biology
 Pam Nussbaum Sheets'72 '75Third Grade
2003David McKenzie ’83English and Speech
2001Beth Jones ’85Elementary
2000Michael Hummer ’72Elementary
1999Daniel Tyree ’76English and Speech
1997Kermit Eby III '80Social Studies
1995Dean Beery ’65Fourth Grade
1994Robert Harkness ’68Third Grade
1993Kay Browning ’68 SponsellerEnglish
1992Larry Baker ’62Language Arts and Drama
1991Nelda Brandeberry ’55 SniderHome Economics
1990Joann Fisher ’54 OwenThird Grade
1989Glen Dillman ’69Social Studies
1988Ruth Brown ’40 Brubaker
Kindergarten
*The award was not presented in 2018 and 2020. 

2024 Alumni Teacher of the Year

Amy Hively has been teaching at Northridge Middle School for more than twenty years. A majority of that time has been spent with 8th grade science students. Mrs. Hively is also a Northridge Middle School track coach and a National Junior Honor Society sponsor. Her favorite lessons in 8th grade science are ones in which students are engaged in labs or hands-on activities. Mrs. Hively grew up in Goshen, Indiana and graduated from Northridge High School in 1997. She graduated from Manchester College in 2001 with a B.A. in Chemistry and a degree in Secondary Education. While at Manchester, Amy was a member of the track team, the Student Education Association, and the American Chemical Society. She lives in Middlebury with her husband, Les, and three children.