02-05-2025
Cherokee Elementary's Jametra Newton honored as MPS Teacher of the Year
Veteran kindergarten teacher Jametra Newton received Muskogee Public Schools' 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year award Thursday.
Newton is in her 18th year teaching kindergarten at Cherokee Elementary School. She was honored at the Muskogee Public Schools Superintendent's Honors Banquet.
"Being a good teacher is being there for the students every single day, and being a figure in their lives, a consistent positive figure," she said, adding she seeks to create a safe place where students want to learn.
She said her father, James Newton, was a teacher Carter G. Woodson School in Tullahassee.
"I think it's just in my blood," she said.
Muskogee School Superintendent Jarod Mendenhall said Newton is "incredible with students."
"She has this quiet confidence," Mendenhall said. "She's not flamboyant or boisterous. she's just really good inside the classroom."
Bus driver Sam Taylor, whose 54-year MPS career includes teaching, was honored as Support Employee of the Year.
