Pam Dougherty, Lorna Nelson, Julie Graham and Karen Spencer perform during the 2017 Retirement Tea in the CMR cafeteria on May 24. Dougherty, Graham and Spencer — in addition to Murray Metge and Jackie Van Heel — are retiring this year. Nelson will be teaching Spanish at the middle school level in the fall.

Christi Virts received the Velma Jordan Award; Kasi Thompson was named Teacher of the Year by students; Denise Clare was voted the Teacher of the Year by her teaching colleagues.