Kentucky Teacher of the Year Holly Bloodworth holds Hedgie, the class pet hedgehog, during class at Murray Elementary School (Murray Ind.). Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 28, 2013
Kentucky Teacher of the Year Holly Bloodworth helps 3rd-grade student Sydney Custer with an assignment during her class at Murray Elementary School (Murray Ind.). Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 28, 2013
Third-grade students Meg Robinson and Deric Barnette use plastic fingers to follow along while reading informational text about bats during Kentucky Teacher of the Year Holly Bloodworth\'s class at Murray Elementary School (Murray Ind.). Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 28, 2013
Sarah Reed reviews numerators and denominators with a small group during her 3rd-grade class. Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 21, 2014
Steven Russell asks his 3rd-grade teacher Sarah Reed when it was she decided to become a teacher. Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 21, 2014
Assistant Principal Steven Stark and Principal Deb Rivera talk with Kentucky Teacher of the Year Sarah Reed, center, at Field Elementary School (Jefferson County). Rivera attended the ceremony in Frankfort and said she wasn't surprised when Reed was named TOY because she is a great teacher. Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 21, 2014
Kentucky Elementary School Teacher of the Year Heidi Givens of Tamarack Elementary (Daviess County), 2013 Kentucky Teacher of the Year Kristal Doolin of Corbin Middle School (Corbin Independent) and Kentucky Middle School Teacher of the Year Allison Hunt of duPont Manual High (Jefferson County) were named during the annual ceremony in Frankfort. Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 17, 2012
Seventh-grade student Jermane Shegg asks science teacher Melanie Trowel a question about his assignment on daylight and sun angle during class at Carter G. Woodson Academy (Fayette County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 6, 2013
Corbin Independent Superintendent Ed McNeel congratulates 2013 Kentucky Teacher of the Year winner Kristal Doolin after the awards ceremony at the capitol. Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 17, 2012
Melanie Trowel helps 7th-grade student Dorian Cleveland during class at Carter G. Woodson Academy (Fayette County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 6, 2013
The 2013 Ashland Inc. Teacher Achievement Award winners pose for a group photo with Gov. Steve Beshear, First Lady Jane Beshear, Ashland Chairman and CEO Jim O\'Brien, Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday and Kentucky Board of Education Chairman David Karem. Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 17, 2012
Seventh-grade student Fre\'Derick Jewett demonstrates his group\'s mouse trap car during Melanie Trowel\'s science class at Carter G. Woodson Academy (Fayette County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 6, 2013
2013 Kentucky Teacher of the Year Kristal Doolin receives her award from Ashland Chairman and CEO Jim O’Brien. Also pictured are Kentucky Board of Education Chairman David Karem, First Lady Jane Beshear, Gov. Steve Beshear and Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday. Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 18, 2012
Melanie Trowel answers a question for 7th-grade student Kennedy King during her science class at Carter G. Woodson Academy (Fayette County). Photo by Amy Wallot, Nov. 6, 2013