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Twelve Arkansas educators named regional teachers of the year
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Cynthia Howell
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July 15, 2021 at 6:50 p.m.
A classroom is shown in this 2015 file photo.
Twelve teachers from across the state were named Thursday as regional finalists for the 2022 Arkansas Teacher of the Year honors.
The 12 will be recognized Aug. 5 at the Governor’s Mansion, where four state semifinalists will be announced. One will be named 2022 Arkansas Teacher of the Year in the fall and compete for 2022 National Teacher of the Year.
Each regional finalist receives a certificate and a $1,000 prize provided by the Walton Family Foundation.
The regional finalists, the subject areas or grades they teach, their schools and their school districts are:
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Tampa s Black neighborhood known as the Scrub as it looked in the 1930s. The downtown neighborhood was later razed. [ Courtesy of Hillsborough County Public Library ]
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