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Parkside Math Instructor Wins Wicomico Teacher of the Year

Wicomico County Schools

Lisa Nicholson McKinnon at Parkside High School has won Teacher of the Year in Wicomico County.

Nicholson told the Salisbury Daily Times before receiving the award that winning would be “the most amazing thing that could ever happen” to her career.

She noted that she went to school in Wicomico County all the way through graduation.

Nicholson told the paper she wanted to teach her students that teaching was really all about building better relationships and making meaningful connections.

Nicholson has taught mathematics at Parkside since 2006.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.
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