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	Williams Teacher Receives Excellence in Science Teaching Award Joan Moorhead of Williams Intermediate School has received an Excellence in Science Teaching Award from the Iowa Academy of Science (IAS). She will be recognized during the luncheon at the IAS Spring meeting April 21, 2012 at North Iowa Area Community College, Mason City, Iowa. Only a few of these awards are given throughout the State of Iowa each year. Congratulations, Joan!
	NHS Teacher Receives Excellence in Science Teaching North High School science teacher, Teri Wiese, has received an Excellence in Science Teaching Award for earth science from the Iowa Academy of Science (IAS). Teri previously received an Excellence in Science Teaching award for biology. She will be recognized at the IAS luncheon on April 21 at North Iowa Community College in Mason City, Iowa. Only a few teachers are honored with this award each year. Congratulations, Teri!
	Betty Griffin Selected for 2011 Academic Innovation & Leadership Award Betty Griffin, a curriculum and instruction specialist in the Davenport Community Schools, was one of nine individuals honored by the Technology Association of Iowa at the 2011 Pioneer Hi-Bred Women of Innovation Awards presentation on Thursday, November 17, 2011 in Des Moines, Iowa. Women were nominated from communities across the State of Iowa and the finalists in each category included researchers, teachers, CEOs, Vice-Presidents and others who have advanced Iowa’s global reputation as a place where innovation is fostered. Griffin was awarded the Academic Innovation and Leadership in Secondary Education. She brought the Project Lead the Way (PLTW) program to Davenport, and developed a PLTW summer camp for 8th grade students. She helped create a scholarship fund to promote college credit for high school students. PLTW is a nationally recognized engineering program offered at Davenport Central, North and West High Schools. The program is open to students in grades 9-12 and is a 5-course sequence taught in conjunction with college preparatory math and science courses. PLTW programs prepare students for two or four year college degrees in engineering and technology-related careers.
	Vi Cassatt Honored as Older Worker of the Year Vi Cassatt, a para-educator at North High School, was honored Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at the Generations Area Agency on Aging 24th Annual Senior Employment Awards Ceremony. Vi received the "Older Worker of the Year Award." Vi has worked at North High School since 1999