IMPACT ON THEIR
STUDENTS, AND TODAY
MISSOULA COUNTY PUBLIC
SCHOOLS WANTED TO
HONOR ONE OF THEIR MOST
BELOVED EDUCATORS.
FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS,
THE MISSOULA EDUCATION
FOUNDATION HAS
AWARDED THE
EXCEPTIONAL ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL EDUCATOR AWARD
TO A HARDWORKING
TEACHER IN THEIR DISTRICT.
THIS YEAR THE PRIZE WAS
$750.THE MONEY AND
THE TITLE WERE AWARDED
TO LEWIS AND CLARK
SCHOOL'S, KATHY
DUNGAN.SHE TEACHES A
FIRST AND SECOND MULTI-
AGE CLASS, WHICH MEANS
SHE HAS HER STUDENTS FOR
TWO YEARS.SHE SAYS THE
AWARD IS AN
HONOR.HOWEVER, SHE
FEELS IT IS ALSO
BITTERSWEET AS SHE WILL
BE RETIRING THIS YEAR.
KATHY
DUNGAN/TEACHER
AND EXCEPTIONAL
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL EDUCATOR
AWARD RECIPIENT:
"ONE OF THE MOST
AMAZING THINGS AS A
TEACHER HAS BEEN
WORKING WITH WRITERS
YOUNG WRITERS. THEY,
CHILDREN, HAVE AN
AMAZING AND BRILLIANT
HEARTS AND THEY KNOW
HOW TO EXPRESS
THEMSELVES IN SUCH
POWERFUL AND MEANINGFUL
WAYS THAT'S ALWAYS JUST
STUNNING TO ME."
SINCE DUNGAN IS RETIRING,
SHE WILL DECIDE HOW THE
MONEY WILL BE USED TO
BENEFIT LEWIS AND CLARK
SCHOOL
SHE'S BEEN TEACHING FOR
MORE THAN 20 YEARS AND
IS THE FIRST REPEAT WINNER
OF THE AWARD.




UP NEXT, ERIN LETS US
KNOW WHAT WE CAN
EXPECT FOR THE MEMOR
