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| Lois Johnson, AEA Board Member |
Lois Johnson, AEA
Board member and choir teacher at Lone Peak
High School in Alpine School District, was selected by the National Federation
of High Schools Music Committee to receive a Section 7 award representing
Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah. This program recognizes deserving
high school or college band, choral or orchestral directors, supervisors and
adjudicators who have had a significant impact on high school activities
programs. Nominees must exemplify the highest standards of ethical
conduct, and carry the endorsement of their respective state high school
association. Lois will be presented with her commemorative plaque from
the NFHS at the UMEA Mid-Winter Conference in February.
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| Gay Beck, 2011 Utah Teacher of the Year |
Gay
Beck, AEA member and kindergarten teacher at
Highland Elementary School in Alpine School District, has been named as one of the
35 public school educators in America who will receive the California Casualty
Awards for Teaching Excellence, one of the nation’s most prestigious awards for
public educators. These educators will
be honored at the NEA Foundation’s Salute to Excellence in Education Gala to be
held in Washington, D. C. on February 10, 2012.
Known as the Academy Awards of public education, the gala attracts more
than 850 of the nation’s leaders from public education, philanthropy, and the
private sector. In addition, the
educators’ schools will receive awards of $650. Gay is the 2011 Utah Teacher of
the Year.
