Each year, teachers on all eight Mt. Pleasant ISD campuses pick one of their own to honor as Campus Teacher of the Year. This honor means a lot because if comes from one’s own peers – the people who see you on your best days and your worst days. The people who understand what you face and do daily because they face and do the same things.

From this select group of eight teachers, members of the Mt. Pleasant-Titus County Retired School Personnel Association are charged with choosing the District Teachers of the Year.

This choice is not easy. In fact, this year, as every year, it was extremely difficult. But when the discussion was over and the votes counted, a unanimous decision had been reached.   Noemi Osorino, a kindergarten teacher at Annie Sims Elementary School had been named the MPISD Elementary Teacher of the Year and Ann Jenkins, a math teacher at Mount Pleasant High School, had been named MPISD Secondary Teacher of the Year.

MPISD Elementary Teacher of the Year: Noemi Osornio

Noemi Osornio grew up in Northeast Texas, graduating from Mt. Vernon High School in 2002. She earned her degree from Texas A&M-Commerce. She has been a Kindergarten teacher at Annie Sims Elementary School for nine years.
Osornio says that her own teachers inspired her to become a teacher. “They were a big encouragement to me and this in turn motivated me to want to inspire children to follow their dreams.”

The thing Osornio likes most about teaching is “seeing students flourish during the school year. Watching students who know very little at the beginning of the school year, reading and writing at the end, is the most rewarding feeling as a teacher. Knowing that I contributed to their success is the biggest accomplishment I could ask for.”

Osornio said that her philosophy of teaching is simple, “you must always have a plan.”

She added, “Now it does not always work out the way you want it to, but having a plan is always a good start. To me, having a plan is essential for student success.”

Osornio’s husband Carlos is a mechanical engineer at Andritz Separation Incorporated. They have one daughter, 3-year-old Anabella.