CLAXTON - Fellow teachers cheered Monday morning, as Derek Noel was announced as the Evans County system-wide Teacher of the Year for the 2009-10 school year at a back-to-school breakfast meeting held at Claxton High School. School principals proudly announced each school-wide teacher of the year, as they were each presented with flowers. Recognizing the teachers with flowers drew a big laugh when elementary Principal Marty Todd hesitantly presented his teacher of the year, Noel, with a beautiful arrangement .