UPDATE: Hilaire Anelone photo gallery here.
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.