The School District of Manatee County celebrates outstanding employees Wednesday, February 5 at the Excellence in Education Awards. The reception begins at 6:00 pm and the awards ceremony to name Manatee County’s “Educator of the Year” and “Support Employee of the Year” will start at 7:00 pm at Manatee Technical College – Main Campus at 6305 State Road 70 East. To celebrate the important roles of educators and staff serving our students and community, the School District will also recognize the nominees from schools and work sites. The evening will feature performances by students from all seven of Manatee County’s traditional public high schools. The ceremony concludes with the naming of winners in the educator and support categories. Each winner will receive a $5,000 check from the Suncoast Credit Union. Manatee County’s educator representative will advance to the Florida Department of Education Macy’s Teacher of the Year competition, while the support representative will advance to the Florida School Related Employee of the Year competition. The School District of Manatee County promotes the Excellence in Education program in partnership with the Manatee Education Foundation. The awards ceremony is entirely possible through the funding and support of corporate and community partners.

Awards will be broadcast live on Manatee Schools Television which is available on Frontier channel 39 and Spectrum channel 646.