Meet Somerset County's Teacher of the Year, an engineering and robotics educator

Somerset County Public Schools recently announced Zachary D. Bartemy, Project Lead the Way Engineering Instructor at Somerset County Technical High School, as the district’s 2024-2025 Teacher of the Year.

Bartemy was selected as the Secondary Teacher of the Year finalist. Runner up, Hannah Quillen, PreK-4 Teacher at Princess Anne Elementary School, was named 2024-2025 Elementary Teacher of the Year. Winners were announced at the Somerset Teacher of the Year Banquet hosted at University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Henson Center Ballroom on April 5.

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Get to know Somerset County's Teacher of the Year

Bartemy is a National Board Certified Engineering Teacher. He received a Master’s in Career and Technology Education from University of Maryland Eastern Shore (2022) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from James Madison University (2017).

Bartemy established the engineering and robotics program at SCPS, working on projects with UMES, Purdue University and NASA. Five of Zach’s students have completed Job Shadows at NASA in the past two years.

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Using technology, he has led students into the community to design and test fishing lures, launch and analyze designed rockets, compete in robotics and drone events, and earn certification in Computer-Aided Design.

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Bartemy will go on to compete as Somerset County’s candidate for 2025 Maryland Teacher of the Year in the fall.

This article originally appeared on Salisbury Daily Times: Get to know Somerset County's Teacher of the Year