Vol. 40, No. 25
CONTACT: JIM MORRIS |
June 14, 2006
Missouri Educators Win Presidential Awards for
Excellence in Teaching Mathematics and Science
Teachers in the Lee’s Summit and Francis Howell School Districts were honored recently as Missouri’s recipients of the 2005 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
Lea Ann Pitcher, a mathematics teacher at Lee’s Summit High School, and Paula Young, a science teacher at Francis Howell North High School (St. Charles), are among 100 teachers throughout the nation to win the prestigious award this year.
In a citation given to Pitcher and Young, President Bush commended them "for embodying excellence in teaching, for devotion to the learning needs of the students, and for upholding the high standards that exemplify American education at its finest."
The presidential awards program was established by Congress is 1983. It is administered by the National Science Foundation on behalf of the White House. Each teacher chosen for the award receives a $10,000 grant from the NSF.
The honorees received an expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., (May 2-5) for a week of professional development and celebratory events.