| 2025-26 |
Shakida Faniel |
Special Education Teacher |
Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School |
Trenton Public School District |
| 2024-25 |
Nicole Hamlet |
Biology Teacher |
Trenton Central High School |
Trenton School District |
| 2023-24 |
Yulieth Le |
4th Grade Teacher |
Lawrence Intermediate School |
Lawrence Township Public Schools |
| 2022-23 |
Leigh Cline |
Elementary - grade 2 |
Parkway Elementary School |
Ewing Township School District |
| 2021-22 |
Brittany Thomas |
4th Grade Teacher & Vice Principal |
Robbins Elementary School |
Trenton School District |
| 2020-21 |
Jessica Merz |
Special Education |
Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf |
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| 2019-20 |
Helen Corveleyn |
STEM - grade K-5th |
Hopewell Elementary School |
Hopewell Valley Regional School District |
| 2018-19 |
Nicholas Johnson |
Science - grade 10th-12th |
Hopewell Valley Central High School |
Hopewell Valley Regional School District |
| 2017-18 |
Sharin Rello |
Music - grade 4th-6th |
Lawrence Intermediate School |
Lawrence Township School District |
| 2016-17 |
William Leonardo |
Elementary - grade 5th |
Sayen Elementary School |
Hamilton Township School District |
| 2015-16 |
Edward Holub |
Social Studies - grade 8th |
Pond Road Middle School |
Robbinsville Township Public School District |
| 2014-15 |
Ismat Shari |
Mathematics - grade 9th-12th |
Hamilton High School West |
Hamilton Township School District |
| 2013-14 |
Michael Friedman |
Technology Education - grade 6th & 8th |
Grice Middle School |
Hamilton Township School District |
| 2012-13 |
Angeline Sturgis |
ESL - grade K-3rd |
Eldridge Park School |
Lawrence Township School District |
| 2011-12 |
Amy Van Treuren |
Elementary - grade 5th |
Lawrence Intermediate School |
Lawrence Township Public Schools |
| 2010-11 |
Lisa Tanikawa-Brown |
Bilingual/ESL - grade 1st |
Perry L. Drew Elementary School |
East Windsor Regional School District |
| 2009-10 |
Alison Sussman |
Theatre Arts - grade 9th-12th |
Robbinsville High School |
Robbinsville School District |
| 2008-09 |
Jeanne Muzi |
Elementary - grade 1 |
Ben Franklin School |
Lawrenceville |
| 2007-08 |
Ellen Ogintz |
Special Education - grade 5 |
Ethel McKnight School |
East Windsor Regional School District |
| 2006-07 |
Rachel Reither |
Reading, Language Arts, Social Studies - grade 6-8 |
Albert E. Grice Middle School |
Hamilton Township |
| 2005-06 |
Jane Fetter |
Elementary Education - grade 5 |
Lawrence Intermediate School |
Lawrence Township |
| 2004-05 |
Janice Fay |
All Subjects - grade 2 |
Antheil Elementary School |
Ewing Township |
| 2003-04 |
Monica Orloff |
All Subjects - grade 3 |
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School |
Lawrence Township |
| 2002-03 |
Georgianna Aiken |
Family and Consumer Science - grade 9-12 |
Lawrence High School |
Lawrence Township |
| 2001-02 |
Janet Wilson, NJ State Teacher of the Year |
Art - grade 9-12 |
Nottingham High School |
Hamilton Township |
| 2000-01 |
Donna Ratner |
Spanish - grade 9-12 |
Hightstown High School |
Hightstown |
| 1999-00 |
Kathryn Robbins |
Elementary - grade 3 |
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School |
Lawrence Township |
| 1998-99 |
Donna Lawrence |
Elementary - grade 4 |
Lawrence Intermediate School |
Lawrence Township |
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