PICKENS — A Pickens Middle School teacher has been named the winner of the School District of Pickens County’s first outstanding first-year teacher of the year award.

Anna Bross, a sixth-grade English teacher at Pickens Middle, was given the honor.

“We wanted to send a strong message to

SDPC Superintendent Dr. Danny Merck and Anna Bross.

our first-year teachers that our district recognizes and rewards excellence,” SDPC coordinator of personnel services Danny Rogers said. “Teachers like Ms. Bross are our future.”

Candidates were nominated by an administrator or a mentor based on a number of criteria,

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