Conservation district honors 4th-grade teacher

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WASHINGTON – Len Lewis, a fourth-grade teacher at Prescott Memorial School, has been named the 2008 Knox County Conservation Teacher of the Year by the Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District. Each year, the district recognizes outstanding teachers who have gone beyond traditional teaching methods…
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WASHINGTON – Len Lewis, a fourth-grade teacher at Prescott Memorial School, has been named the 2008 Knox County Conservation Teacher of the Year by the Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District.

Each year, the district recognizes outstanding teachers who have gone beyond traditional teaching methods to incorporate natural resource education in their curriculum, according to a press release from the district. Lewis received overwhelming support for this year’s nomination from Principal Richard A. Blackman as well as from his teaching colleagues, school administrators and students.

Lewis will be recognized at the Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District’s annual dinner and meeting on Thursday, Nov. 6, where he will be presented with an engraved plaque.

For information on programs and activities sponsored by the district, call 273-2005, ext. 101, or e-mail kathy.ward@me.nacdnet.net.


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