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Four Alumni Recognized as Exemplary First Year Teachers with Horizon Award by the Kansas State Department of Education

Four of the 31 award winners recognized as Horizon Award Winners at the February 2010 Kansas Exemplary Educators Network (KEEN) Conference in Topeka are K-State graduates. The Kansas Horizon award program, sponsored by the Kansas State Department of Education, identifies and recognizes exemplary first-year teachers in the state. The Horizon Award program, currently in its eighth year, allows all school districts in the state an opportunity to nominate one elementary and one secondary teacher for the award.

To be eligible for a Horizon Award, teachers must have successfully completed their first year of teaching and have performed in such a way as to distinguish themselves as outstanding. The Horizon Award program is a regional competition with four regions corresponding to the state’s U.S. Congressional districts. Four elementary and four secondary classroom teachers may be selected for the award from each region.

• Ashley Beason, BS '08, Auburn-Washburn USD 437
• Benjamin George, BS '06, Manhattan-Ogden USD 383
• Lindsay Frazier, BS '07. Shawnee Mission USD 512
• Eryn Wood Elder, BS '08, Wichita USD 259