February 14, 2025
By: Dwayne Page
The January Teacher of the Month award at DeKalb County High School goes to Maddison Richardson.
For winning the honor, Richardson received a certificate from the school and a gift card for a meal at Jude’s Traveling Food.
Richardson, a geometry teacher, was selected by the administration as Teacher of the Month. She is in her third year as teacher at DCHS. A 2019 graduate of DeKalb County High School, Richardson furthered her education at Tennessee Tech. Her parents are Sonya and Jeremy Parsley and she is married to Colton Richardson of Cannon County.
“It’s a great honor to receive this award,” said Richardson. “I have seen a lot of other teachers get this recognition for what they have done around the school helping out kids and making them feel good so for me to get it is pretty special. A lot of people I work with were my teachers when I was in school here and they treat me like their own and look after me. I enjoy working with them and plan to stay as long as I can,” said Richardson.
Maddison was a member of the Lady Tigers basketball team that made a state tournament appearance in 2019 under then Coach Danny Fish. She later became an assistant to Coach Fish for three years and for one year under Coach Brandy Alley.
In addition to her teaching duties, Richardson has been a Service Society and SGA club sponsor.