April 18, 2025
By: Dwayne Page
The March Teacher of the Month award at DeKalb County High School goes to Kevin Burchfield.
For winning the honor, Burchfield received a certificate from the school and a gift card for a meal at El Rancho Mexican Restaurant.
Burchfield, a veteran physical science teacher at DCHS, will soon be stepping down. He has announced his retirement with the close of the school year next month ending a 29-year career. Burchfield began his teaching duties in 1992 as a biology instructor but later took a few years off before making his return to the classroom in 1998.
Burchfield said he appreciates having received this Teacher of the Month honor and he has enjoyed his tenure on the staff at DCHS.
“Education changes about every four or five years, but its been fun and I really have enjoyed teaching here and being with the people. My students make me feel old because I had some of their fathers and mothers in my class at one time. I’m teaching the second generation,” he said.
Burchfield’s wife Penny works at Shiroki, and they are the parents of two, Erin Payne and Wesley Burchfield. They have a granddaughter, Sarah.
As for plans after retirement, Burchfield said “I have enough stuff around the house to do to last me a year but after taking a year off I might come back as a substitute teacher,” he said.