Teacher of the Year

2025-2026 Teacher of the Year

Amy Commer

EC Instructor, High School

I have been a teacher for over 10 years, in Mississippi and North Carolina.  2025 marks my fifth year at CATS, after moving from LNHS.

When I'm not at school, I enjoy working in my yard, watching football, and reading. I am a Certified Master Gardener and enjoy teaching about plants.

I have been married to my husband, Andy, for 26 years. We have two boys, Jacob (26) and Will (23).

 

Her message to her students:

"How does one become a butterfly?

You have to want to learn to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar."

~Trina Paulus

 

2025-2026 Teacher Assistant of the Year

Lora Bassey

EC Teacher Assistant (VATS)

 

Lora Bassey joined our team here at CATS in the 2015-2016 school year as a teacher assistant/bus driver. She works with the Occupational Course of Study students overseeing the PAES Lab. Her goal is to help the OCS students learn job skills so they can obtain employment after graduation.

Lora is a native to the Iredell-Statesville School system. She graduated from West Iredell High School. She began working for the school system in 1998. She has been working as a highly qualified teacher assistant/bus driver for the past 24 years.  In addition, she received recognition as the I-SS District EC Teacher Assistant of the Year in 2019-2020 school year.

In her free-time she enjoys spending time with her family. She has a wonderful husband and one son. They enjoy outdoor activities, such as, camping, kayaking and four wheeling.