Teacher of the Year honorees Elizabeth Dry, Rochelle Rasheed, Juli Powers, Julie Ann Riggs, Amy Solorio and Andy Zihlman. (Photo courtesy of Gigi Ekstrom/Lakehill)

Teacher of the Year honorees Elizabeth Dry, Rochelle Rasheed, Juli Powers, Julie Ann Riggs, Amy Solorio and Andy Zihlman. (Photo courtesy of Gigi Ekstrom/Lakehill)

Six teachers from neighborhood schools were honored by the East Dallas Chamber of Commerce Tuesday as part of the group’s annual Teacher of the Year Awards luncheon sponsored by Doctors Hospital.

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Among the honorees are Elizabeth Dry, Alex Sanger Elementary; Rochelle Rasheed and Julie Ann Riggs, Lakehill Preparatory School; Juli Powers, Gaston Middle School; Amy Solorio, Bryan Adams High School; and Andy Zihlman, Bishop Lynch High School.

The winners received a certificate and an engraved crystal award from Chamber chairman Roger Perry with Lakehill and Charles Williams with Doctors Hospital. The event was held at the Alice and Erle Nye Family Environmental Science Center on Lakehill’s Ferguson Road campus.