DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION
P.O.
PRINS. MEMO NO. 15
April 1, 2008
ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE/SECONDARY
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TO: |
Principals |
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FROM: |
Linda M. Wallinger Assistant Superintendent for Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
Nominations
for the 2008 |
The
Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, Inc., that sponsors the National High School
Journalism Teacher Awards Program is seeking nominations for the 2008 National
High School Journalism Teacher of the Year and four Distinguished
Advisers. This program identifies
outstanding high school journalism teachers with three years experience who
have done exemplary work in the 2007-2008 academic school year.
The
winning teacher will receive a laptop computer and software and will be a
featured speaker through the 2007-2008 school year at
newspaper industry and journalism education conferences. A student at the school of the national
winner will receive a $1,000 college scholarship to study news-editorial
journalism. Students of the four
Distinguished Advisers also will receive $500 scholarships to study
news-editorial journalism.
Nomination
forms are available at: https://www.newspaperfund.org/
on the Teacher of the Year page.
Applications and supporting materials must be postmarked by July 1, 2008.
For
additional information, please contact Tracy Fair Robertson, English
coordinator, Office of Middle and High School Instruction, by e-mail at Tracy.Robertson@doe.virginia.gov
or by telephone at (804) 371-7585.
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