Grateful for every chance to let history speak a little louder.
Catch my 2025 History Teacher of the Year interview on C-SPAN 2 | American History TV
We talk teaching, truth-telling, and staying committed to students and stories in a moment that asks a lot of educators.
#NHTOY #NCHTOY
Catch my 2025 History Teacher of the Year interview on C-SPAN 2 | American History TV
We talk teaching, truth-telling, and staying committed to students and stories in a moment that asks a lot of educators.
#NHTOY #NCHTOY
December 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Last evening was amazing, the recognition of my life's work was gratifying and humbling as I know my voice is a echo of other history teachers. #NHTOY #NHTOY2025 @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Last evening was amazing, the recognition of my life's work was gratifying and humbling as I know my voice is a echo of other history teachers. #NHTOY #NHTOY2025 @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social
August 21, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Day 1 of the North Carolina Social Studies Conference done! #NHTOY #NCCSS2026
February 27, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Day 1 of the North Carolina Social Studies Conference done! #NHTOY #NCCSS2026
We are pleased to announce that Valencia Abbott of Rockingham Early College High School in Wentworth, NC, has been named the 2025 National History Teacher of the Year!
Please join us in congratulating Valencia!
www.gilderlehrman.org/history-teac...
@vannabbott.bsky.social #NHTOY #NHTOY2025 #HTOY
Please join us in congratulating Valencia!
www.gilderlehrman.org/history-teac...
@vannabbott.bsky.social #NHTOY #NHTOY2025 #HTOY
September 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We are pleased to announce that Valencia Abbott of Rockingham Early College High School in Wentworth, NC, has been named the 2025 National History Teacher of the Year!
Please join us in congratulating Valencia!
www.gilderlehrman.org/history-teac...
@vannabbott.bsky.social #NHTOY #NHTOY2025 #HTOY
Please join us in congratulating Valencia!
www.gilderlehrman.org/history-teac...
@vannabbott.bsky.social #NHTOY #NHTOY2025 #HTOY
One of the organizations that I mentioned in my speech for NHTOY was @zinnedproject.bsky.social and this arrived today! Now you know why they got a shout out! #NHTOY2025 #Read #HistoryMatters
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
One of the organizations that I mentioned in my speech for NHTOY was @zinnedproject.bsky.social and this arrived today! Now you know why they got a shout out! #NHTOY2025 #Read #HistoryMatters
Congratulations to the 2025 #NHTOY National Finalists! One of these teachers will be the 2025 National History Teacher of the Year! Stay tuned for the announcement in September.
gilderlehrman.org/nhtoy
gilderlehrman.org/nhtoy
August 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Congratulations to the 2025 #NHTOY National Finalists! One of these teachers will be the 2025 National History Teacher of the Year! Stay tuned for the announcement in September.
gilderlehrman.org/nhtoy
gilderlehrman.org/nhtoy
From a nomination to 2025 NC History Teacher of the Year and now National History Teacher of the Year this journey has been humbling and unforgettable. Grateful to my family, students, and community for showing that teaching history truly shapes tomorrow. #NHTOY @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
From a nomination to 2025 NC History Teacher of the Year and now National History Teacher of the Year this journey has been humbling and unforgettable. Grateful to my family, students, and community for showing that teaching history truly shapes tomorrow. #NHTOY @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social
Still get a high when I see this flyer! Please nominate that deserving history teacher for this amazing experience! @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social #NHTOY ##NCHTOY #HistoryNerdsUnite
March 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Still get a high when I see this flyer! Please nominate that deserving history teacher for this amazing experience! @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social #NHTOY ##NCHTOY #HistoryNerdsUnite
I saw on social media and I can't remember who, but I remember what and it was that he attended conferences like concerts. I felt that deep in my teaching soul. Each lanyard means a moment, a connection, a resource that I bring back to my students. #ITeach #NHTOY #NHTOY #RuralEducation
March 18, 2026 at 11:22 PM
I saw on social media and I can't remember who, but I remember what and it was that he attended conferences like concerts. I felt that deep in my teaching soul. Each lanyard means a moment, a connection, a resource that I bring back to my students. #ITeach #NHTOY #NHTOY #RuralEducation
Grateful for everyone who spent time with me today at #NCHE2026! The energy, the conversations, the community this is what keeps our work alive in classrooms. First time here, but not my last. History folks, we’re building something special together. #NHTOY #NCHE2026 @historyed.bsky.social
March 27, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Grateful for everyone who spent time with me today at #NCHE2026! The energy, the conversations, the community this is what keeps our work alive in classrooms. First time here, but not my last. History folks, we’re building something special together. #NHTOY #NCHE2026 @historyed.bsky.social
Being recognized at the NC State Board of Education, honored to be the first North Carolina teacher to do so #NCHTOY #NHTOY #HistoryNerdsUnite
December 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Being recognized at the NC State Board of Education, honored to be the first North Carolina teacher to do so #NCHTOY #NHTOY #HistoryNerdsUnite
What happens at RECHS History Club doesn’t stay at RECHS.
Honored to be featured in a newly published EdNC article highlighting North Carolina at SXSW EDU 2026 affirming that the work students are doing is reaching far beyond our campus.
www.ednc.org/north-caroli...
#RECHSHistoryClub #NHTOY
Honored to be featured in a newly published EdNC article highlighting North Carolina at SXSW EDU 2026 affirming that the work students are doing is reaching far beyond our campus.
www.ednc.org/north-caroli...
#RECHSHistoryClub #NHTOY
March 22, 2026 at 1:38 AM
What happens at RECHS History Club doesn’t stay at RECHS.
Honored to be featured in a newly published EdNC article highlighting North Carolina at SXSW EDU 2026 affirming that the work students are doing is reaching far beyond our campus.
www.ednc.org/north-caroli...
#RECHSHistoryClub #NHTOY
Honored to be featured in a newly published EdNC article highlighting North Carolina at SXSW EDU 2026 affirming that the work students are doing is reaching far beyond our campus.
www.ednc.org/north-caroli...
#RECHSHistoryClub #NHTOY
VALENCIA! Congratulations to such a deserving educator and welcome to the Gilder Lehrman National History Teacher of the Year #NHTOY club. So inspired by all the great work you do! Proud to know you! Your students and community are so lucky. @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social @vannabbott.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
VALENCIA! Congratulations to such a deserving educator and welcome to the Gilder Lehrman National History Teacher of the Year #NHTOY club. So inspired by all the great work you do! Proud to know you! Your students and community are so lucky. @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social @vannabbott.bsky.social
📚 And so the season begins! Honored to once again serve on the 2026 Carter G. Woodson Book Awards committee through the National Council for History Education. Authors, illustrators, and publishers, don’t forget those submissions! Let the reading begin! 📖✨ #NCSS2026 #NHTOY #Read
July 8, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Third Dr. Delmont book loading… 📚✨
Grateful to @zinnedproject.bsky.social for feeding my historian heart. This makes book three by Dr. Matthew Delmont, and if the first two taught me anything, this one will linger.
#AlwaysLearning #HistoryNerd #NHTOY #NCHTOY #Read
Grateful to @zinnedproject.bsky.social for feeding my historian heart. This makes book three by Dr. Matthew Delmont, and if the first two taught me anything, this one will linger.
#AlwaysLearning #HistoryNerd #NHTOY #NCHTOY #Read
January 30, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Third Dr. Delmont book loading… 📚✨
Grateful to @zinnedproject.bsky.social for feeding my historian heart. This makes book three by Dr. Matthew Delmont, and if the first two taught me anything, this one will linger.
#AlwaysLearning #HistoryNerd #NHTOY #NCHTOY #Read
Grateful to @zinnedproject.bsky.social for feeding my historian heart. This makes book three by Dr. Matthew Delmont, and if the first two taught me anything, this one will linger.
#AlwaysLearning #HistoryNerd #NHTOY #NCHTOY #Read
Super excited to conduct my solo workshop for a group of middle and high school Social Studies teachers in South Carolina! Such a perk of being NHTOY! Thank you again GLI!!! @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social
April 2, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Super excited to conduct my solo workshop for a group of middle and high school Social Studies teachers in South Carolina! Such a perk of being NHTOY! Thank you again GLI!!! @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social
Check out this book on Goodreads: Until the Last Gun Is Silent: A Story of Patriotism, the Vietnam War, and the Fight to Save America's Soul www.goodreads.com/book/show/23... #TeacherSummer2026 #SummerRead #NHTOY #NCHTOY @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social
Until the Last Gun Is Silent: A Story of Patriotism, th…
The untold story of the Black patriots—from soldiers in…
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May 28, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Check out this book on Goodreads: Until the Last Gun Is Silent: A Story of Patriotism, the Vietnam War, and the Fight to Save America's Soul www.goodreads.com/book/show/23... #TeacherSummer2026 #SummerRead #NHTOY #NCHTOY @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social
What do the NHTOY do on her first day of Spring Break! Of course, headed to the @sxswedu.com Conference in Austin, TX. #HistoryNerd @icivics.bsky.social @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social
March 9, 2026 at 12:57 PM
What do the NHTOY do on her first day of Spring Break! Of course, headed to the @sxswedu.com Conference in Austin, TX. #HistoryNerd @icivics.bsky.social @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social
At the 2025 #NHTOY celebration, my former student Natalie spoke in my honor. 💛
“Ms. Abbott never stops believing in her students who they are, and who they can and will be.”
Reminding us that history is never the past and that’s the work I’ll always stand by. @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social
“Ms. Abbott never stops believing in her students who they are, and who they can and will be.”
Reminding us that history is never the past and that’s the work I’ll always stand by. @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
At the 2025 #NHTOY celebration, my former student Natalie spoke in my honor. 💛
“Ms. Abbott never stops believing in her students who they are, and who they can and will be.”
Reminding us that history is never the past and that’s the work I’ll always stand by. @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social
“Ms. Abbott never stops believing in her students who they are, and who they can and will be.”
Reminding us that history is never the past and that’s the work I’ll always stand by. @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social
Help us find the 2025 National History Teacher of the Year! Each state winner is awarded $1,000 and becomes a nominee in the national contest. The national winner will be awarded $10,000. Nominate a deserving teacher in your community here: gilderlehrman.org/nhtoy
March 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Help us find the 2025 National History Teacher of the Year! Each state winner is awarded $1,000 and becomes a nominee in the national contest. The national winner will be awarded $10,000. Nominate a deserving teacher in your community here: gilderlehrman.org/nhtoy
It is not poolside like in Austin, but still a lovely spot if I have to do work! If you are at the NCHE conference, my session is at 2 pm in Riverview 2. ##NCHE2026 #NHTOY #SSChat #ITeachSocialStudies
March 26, 2026 at 9:25 PM
It is not poolside like in Austin, but still a lovely spot if I have to do work! If you are at the NCHE conference, my session is at 2 pm in Riverview 2. ##NCHE2026 #NHTOY #SSChat #ITeachSocialStudies