Lexington District Two announced today that Ms. Chesley Geyer, a third grade teacher at Pineview Elementary School, has been named the 2016-17 Teacher of the Year.

Ms. Geyer, a 20-year veteran of Lexington Two, was selected by a community panel of judges. In May, she was nominated by her peers at Pineview Elementary School to be their Teacher of the Year. Ms. Geyer represented Springdale Elementary as their Teacher of the Year in 2001.

Ms. Geyer received her Bachelor’s Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies – Elementary Education and a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science from the University of South Carolina. Ms. Geyer serves as a Mentor Teacher for Columbia College Interns.

Ms. Geyer attributes her love for teaching and learning to her parents. She states, “My parents read to me and enjoyed reading themselves. Early in life, they instilled a love of learning and a regard for education.”

Teachers of the Year at other Lexington Two Schools are: Kathryn Meetze , Brookland-Cayce Grammar No. 1 , Alfie Allen, Claude A. Taylor Elementary, Katherine Tinman, Congaree Elementary, Brittany Allen, Congaree-Wood Early Childhood Center, Shara Freeman, Davis Early Childhood Center for Technology, Porsha Doyla, Herbert A. Wood Elementary , Brieann Wiezbinski, Saluda River Academy for the Arts, Dawn Blaum, Springdale Elementary, Auketa Govan, Busbee Creative Arts Academy, Keena Brooks, Northside Middle, Jeanne Yenco, Pine Ridge Middle, Rachel Caughman, R. H. Fulmer Middle, Anne Reamer, Airport High School, Michelle Smith, Brookland-Cayce High , Jessica Marze, Pair Education Cente