Teacher wins national award
Published: June 14, 2005
Carla Clark, a teacher at Simmons Elementary School, is one of five teachers nationwide honored for exemplary involvement in agriculture literacy.
Clark received a plaque commemorating her award at the national Ag in the Classroom Conference last week in Indianapolis. The awards are given by the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture in cooperation with the American Farm Bureau Women’s Committee.
The five winners were selected from a group of 16 finalists. The main judging criteria were their innovative programs to teach students about the nation’s food and fiber system, how they expect to use what they learn at the AITC conference in their classrooms, and how they plan to share information with other teachers. The award included expenses, up to $1,000, for each teacher to attend the conference.
Other winners were from Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri and New York. The Ag in the Classroom program is coordinated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture with the goal of helping students gain a greater awareness of the role of agriculture in the economy and society.
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