Schaeffer Science Teacher Finalist for High Honor in State Contest
Posted on: Friday, 22 April 2005, 12:00 CDT
Joey Rider, a science teacher at Schaeffer Elementary, was named a state finalist for the 2004 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
It's the nation's highest honor for K-12 teaching in these fields. Rider was one of 239 finalists for the prestigious presidential award.
Established by Congress in 1983, and administered for the White House by the National Science Foundation, the annual Presidential Awards program identifies outstanding mathematics and science teachers nationwide and in four U.S. territories.
Each state can select up to three mathematics and three science teachers as state finalists. Recipients of the 2004 presidential awards were announced during a week of celebration events beginning April 11th in Washington, DC.
Source: Intelligencer Journal
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