Upstate Teacher Among Finalists for Teacher of the Year
- Charles Reams 1
- Mar 12
- 1 min read
Anderson, Spartanburg teachers finalists for South Carolina Teacher of Year, $10,000 prize
Surprised teacher gets $10,000 and cheers from students and coworkers as the third of five finalists for South Carolina Teacher of the Year. The winner of the five finalists is chosen in April 2025.
Picture caption: Terri Ivestor was surprised with the news.
Terri Ivester, who works with kindergarten students from Anderson School District Three, was reading to children in Ryleigh Gates' class Tuesday morning when she had a surprise visitor to her classroom.
Ivester, a reading coach at Starr Elementary, was surprised with a check for $10,000 and a visit from South Carolina Superintendent of Education Ellen Weaver as she was named the third of five finalists for the title of South Carolina Teacher of the Year.
"Boys and girls, I have some more exciting news, you want to hear it? She is going to get $10,000," Weaver said to the children. "And she is going to get to compete to be the state teacher of the year and if she wins, she is going to get $25,000, isn't that awesome?" she said.
"I'm so proud of her," she said to the cheers from those gathered in the classroom.