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Wednesday, March 19, 2008, the MCSD Teacher of the
Year Breakfast honored all TOY nominees
for 2008. The keynote speaker was the
National Teacher of the Year, Andrea Peterson of Granite Falls School
District, Washington. Wendy Harding
of Hardaway shared some of her experiences as MCSD's Teacher of the
Year for 2007. The event, coordinated by Margaret Ingersoll and
Perdita Dowdell of
the Division of Human Resources, was held at Downtown Elementary Magnet
Academy, Sheila Brock, Principal.
Extending greetings to the nominees were Dr. John Phillips, MCSD
Superintendent, Dr. George Stanton, Columbus State University Vice-President
for Academic Affairs, and Joel Ames, Chair of the
Muscogee Educational Excellence
Foundation (MEEF), sponsor of the event. Dr. David Rock, Dean of CSU's
College of Education, introduced the National Teacher of the Year. Don
Cooper, MCSD Chief Human resources Officer, James Walker, Chair, Muscogee
County Board of Education, and Shelia Brock, Principal, Downtown Elementary
Magnet Academy, also spoke. Music was provided by the Columbus High Jazz
Band under the direction of Isaac Leverett, and the Downtown Elementary
Magnet Show Choir, under the direction of Marci Hankins.
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