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HCS Teacher Wins Award for Excellence in Career Education

October 28, 2022

Emily Scheffler, a special education teacher at St. James High School, has been awarded the Gary Bates National Memorial Award for Excellence in Career Education. As the winner, she will receive an award to display in her classroom, recognition at the 2022 fall conference of the National Council of Administrators of Special Education, and a cash prize of $1,000.

This is the second year that the award has been in existence, and it is given annually to an educator who has used Education Associates’ Project Discovery or Achieve Life Skills curricula to make a significant, positive impact in students’ lives and in the community.

You can read more about the award at the following link: https://educationassociates.com/award/.

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