Dripping Springs ISD announced Jena Bernhard and Nick Overmyer as the 2024-25 District Elementary and Secondary Teachers of the Year, respectively, at the DSISD Board of Trustees meeting on Monday. Bernhard and Overmyer were chosen by a volunteer committee, and will now represent DSISD in the Region 13 Teacher of the Year selection process this summer.
Bernhard is a Special Education teacher (Pre-K Inclusion) at Sycamore Springs Elementary. She has been a teacher for 15 years in DSISD and has 22 years of total teaching experience. Overmyer is a U.S. and World History teacher at Dripping Springs High School. He has been a teacher for seven years, and has spent his entire career in Dripping Springs.
In March, Bernhard and Overmyer were two of the eight educators named Campus Teachers of the Year. Other campus winners were Molly McFee (Cypress Springs Elementary), Lisa O’Banan (Dripping Springs Elementary), Sarah Apple (Rooster Springs Elementary), Stephanie Hendricks (Walnut Springs Elementary), Katy Marble (Dripping Springs Middle School) and Candace Torres (Sycamore Springs Middle School).