The fifth grade teacher at Swansboro (N.C.) Middle School was chosen as the top among 36 of her peers.
Carrie Morris, a 1996 elementray education graduate of the School of Education who teaches fifth grade at Swansboro Middle School, was selected as the 2013-14 Southeast Region Teacher of the Year.
Morris, the 2012-13 Onslow County Schools Teacher of the Year, was among eight regional teachers who competed for 2013-14 North Carolina Teacher of the Year. Morris received a master’s degree in elementary education in 2006 from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. She taught school in Alamance County before moving to Swansboro to teach in 1997.