Carlita Faye Pederson
Class of 2024
Carlita Pederson taught kindergarten through college during her 34 years in education. She also taught music education methods at Kansas State University. Carlita was the Fine Arts Director in Topeka Public Schools but returned to teaching middle school vocal music as she simply missed interacting with students too much. Carlita had training in Orff, World Music Drumming, and Guitar in General Music. She was named the North Central Outstanding Elementary Music Teacher, Outstanding Middle-Level Music Teacher, and was the USD 232 De Soto Public Schools Secondary Kansas Teacher of the Year for 2022.