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By Gordon Byrd
Jan 22, 2021
TAMPA Three employees of the Hillsborough County School District received honors at the Hillsborough Education Foundation s 2021 Excellence in Education Awards Thursday evening at Blake High School.
Teacher of the Year Laura Meehan is an Adapted Music Specialist at Caminiti Exceptional Center. Adaptive arts teachers bring the arts into the lives of disabled students through education. Meehan serves on several board committees, including the Council for Exceptional Children Division of Visual and Performing Arts, and the Hillsborough Elementary Music Council. She recently got engaged and has raced as an Ironman athlete around the world. She received her undergraduate degree from Texas Tech and her master s from Florida State University. She s currently working on a doctorate from USF.
5th grader sells beaded jewelry to help students at Caminiti Exceptional Child Center
Caminiti Exceptional Child Center has received an outpouring of support and donations from the 5th grade class of Mitchell Elementary School helping to form a new partnership between schools.
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TAMPA, Fla. â A Tampa 5th grader at Mitchell Elementary School has raised more than $600 selling beaded jewelry. She says the money will go toward new supplies for students, but not at her school but a neighboring school in much more need.
Every bead that goes into one of Lilly Kubler s bracelets or necklaces is threaded with love for Caminiti Exceptional Child Center.