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Brief: Four District 197 Teachers Nominated for 2012 Teacher of the Year
Four teachers from four different West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan schools are up for the 2012 award.
Four teachers from the have been nominated for Minnesota Teacher of the Year.
110 teachers from the state accepted the nomination and completed the required information.
Those nominated:
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Aaron Kapaun, , Choir
Stacy Lufkin, , Social Studies
Mary Jo Skemp, , Fourth Grade
Kim Zellmer, Garlough Elementary, First Grade
Nominees can come from pre-K to 12th grade classrooms, public or private institutions.
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Last year, Robert Hanson (Spanish-Sibley) and Jennifer Norris (ESL-Friendly Hills) were named candidates.
A 22-member panel will determine finalists over the coming weeks, and a winner will be announced Sunday, May 6, at The Northland Inn in Brooklyn Park.
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