Union Graduate Student Honored for Excellence in Teaching

Union Graduate Student Ronnie Barnes has been chosen as one of 22 recipients of the 2004 Teacher Achievement Award and will be eligible for the 2004 Kentucky Teacher of the Year Award.

Barnes and the other teachers chosen for the competition will be honored at a ceremony in Frankfort on January 8, 2003 at which time, the elementary, middle and high school teachers of the year will be chosen. One of these three will be selected as the Kentucky Teacher of the Year.

Barnes was entered into the competition after being chosen by the London/Laurel County Chamber of Commerce as the Middle School Teacher of the Year.

Barnes and the other winners were selected based upon the application and information on teaching philosophy, experience, community involvement and from letters of recommendation submitted by their peers, students, parents, administrators and community members.

Photos Courtesy of Dean Manning

December 19, 2003

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