Deadline for Intermediate Teacher Award Nominations Approaching

The Optimist Club for Westfield has announced the deadline for nominations for the 18th annual Intermediate School Outstanding Teacher Award, according to Westfield Public Schools.

The deadline for nominations is Tuesday, April 21. Two intermediate school teachers will be selected for the award at an Optimist dinner on May 13 and will be honored at a Westfield Board of Education meeting in June, the school district said. The two school teachers will include one from Edison and one from Roosevelt intermediate schools.

According to Westfield Public Schools, nominations should specify ways in which the teacher has demonstrated outstanding teaching, interest in children and continued pursuit of professional growth. The nominee must be a full-time teacher in the Westfield Public Schools district in grades 6-8 for at least five years.

“The Outstanding Teacher Award gives deserving credit to our intermediate school teachers who provide an educationally stimulating and supporting environment during the critical stage of adolescence,” Dr. Margaret Dolan, Superintendent of Schools, said in an announcement from Westfield Public Schools.

Students, parents and staff who are interested in submitting nomination letters are directed to submit them to:

Outstanding Teacher Award Committee of the Optimist Club of Westfield,
c/o Office of the Superintendent, Westfield Public Schools
302 Elm St., Westfield, NJ 07090.

Additionally, nomination letters can also be e-mailed to optiaward@westfieldnjk12.org.

For more information, contact Westfield Public Schools at (908) 789-4400.