District nominees for Utah Teacher of the Year will be honored at a banquet Friday, where the winning educator will be announced. The nominees are:

• Alpine: Cindy Lynn Chilcoat, Forbes Elementary

• Box Elder: Lola R. Baker, Fielding Elementary

• Cache: Laura Peterson, Mountain Crest High

• Charter schools: P. Diane Ballard, John Hancock Charter

• Davis: J. Kelly Oram, Davis High

• Emery: Lee Vernon Moss, Emery High

• Granite: JoAnne R. Brown, Olympus Junior High

• Iron: Brenda Haight, South Elementary

• Jordan: Kimberly A. Searle, Copper Hills High

• Logan: Reed Daniel Olson, Hillcrest Elementary

• Millard: Debra Valiquette Anderson, Delta North Elementary

• Murray: Alan Scott, Murray High

• Nebo: Alicia Rudd, Larsen Elementary

• North Sanpete: Tara Syme, North Sanpete Middle

• Ogden: David L. Smith, Washington High

• Provo: Lorna M. Teeter, Dixon Middle

• Salt Lake City: Larry Sweeney, Clayton Middle

• San Juan: Kim Schaefer, Whitehorse High

• Tooele: Betsy Swynenburg, Dugway High

• Uintah: Jolene R. Jameson, Maeser Elementary

• Wasatch: Dawain M. Wheatley, Wasatch High

• Washington: Seanne Rimer, Fossil Ridge Intermediate

• Wayne: Susan Ellett, Loa Elementary

• Weber: Thomas N. Saunders, Rocky Mountain Junior High

• Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind: Nancy Shaw