Vol. 40, No. 42
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October 16, 2006
Elsberry Middle School Instructor Honored as
Preserve America’s History Teacher of the Year
Claire Hasemeier, a social studies teacher at Ida Cannon Middle School, Elsberry R-II School District (Lincoln County), was recently honored as Missouri’s Preserve America History Teacher of the Year for 2006.
Mrs. Hasemeier was formally recognized on September 13 during a school assembly. She received a plaque, $1,000 and historical materials for the school library. Sheila Onuska, assistant director of the International Education Consortium, based at the St. Louis Regional Professional Development Center, presented the awards.
Mrs. Hasemeier has taught in the Elsberry School District for 10 years. She is involved in many professional organizations including the National Council for History Education, the National Council for the Social Studies and the Missouri Council for the Social Studies. She has supervised the alignment of her school district’s social studies curriculum, using Missouri’s Show-Me Standards.
Preserve America is a White House initiative in cooperation with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and in partnership with several federal agencies. The award is administered by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, in cooperation with the National Council for History Education, the Organization of American Historians and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
For more information, contact Bill Gerling, social studies consultant and assistant director of assessment for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, or the Gilder Lehrman Institute.