Meet the APS Teacher of the Year: Hilaire Anelone

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Atlanta Public Schools is proud to announce its Teacher of the Year, Hilaire Anelone of Maynard H. Jackson High. (Mr. Anelone also represents Jackson as the High School Teacher of the Year). Born and raised in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Anelone came to the United States to complete an engineering training. He received a bachelor of science in electrical engineering technology from Southern Polytechnic University. He also earned concurrently two bachelors of science degrees in mathematics education and applied mathematics from Kennesaw State University. Anelone also received a master’s degree in urban teacher leadership at Georgia State University, where he was taught by several eminent professors such as Dr. Asa Hilliard, Dr. Betty Strickland, Dr. Lisa Delpit and Dr. Susan Crim McClendon. Later, Anelone also earned an educational specialist degree in curriculum and instruction; he is currently pursuing a doctorate of education degree in instructional leadership.

Presently, Anelone is a mathematics teacher at Maynard H. Jackson High School, where he teaches several Advanced Placement (AP) classes in statistics and calculus. He has trained AP students to score three or better on the AP statistics exam. Last year, one of his students was awarded the Gates Millennium Scholarship. Anelone also coaches soccer; as a soccer coach he develops the soccer skills and life values of children in his team. Leadership, camaraderie, and courage are skills he emphasizes on during soccer practices. In charge of the soccer team, he took a group of young unskilled soccer players to win the district soccer championship. He was named Coach of the Year for the school.

For the past seven years, Anelone has been an efficient member of the Saturday School Program organized by the 100 Black Men of Atlanta.

Last year, Mr. Anelone was a volunteer at the Atlanta Football Classic, where funds were collected to enroll urban students in colleges across the country. As a volunteer for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, Anelone has trained high school juniors to pass the GHSGT test on the first trial. As a member of the Mathematics Textbook Adoption Committee of Atlanta Public Schools, Anelone has prepared and enrolled students in the Mathematics and Sciences Fair. One of his students was recognized at the State Fair in Athens.

“The power of one …” and “Every child has the capacity to learn …” are two of the phrases that drive the teaching philosophy of Anelone. A gifted certified teacher, Anelone is fluent in French and loves to travel and visit the world.