MISSOULA COUNTY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS
HONORING SOME OF ITS
MOST BELOVED
TEACHERS...AND ITS A
PRACTICE THAT'S BEEN
DONE FOR 10 STRAIGHT
YEARS.
THE AWARD GOES TO AN
EXCEPTIONAL
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TEACHER IN THE
DISTRICT.
THIS YEAR THE PRIZE IS 7
HUNDRED AND 50
DOLLARS.
THIS YEAR'S AWARDED
GOES 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.




"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."
DUGAN HAS BEEN
TEACHING FOR MORE
THAN 20 YEARS AND IS
THE FIRST REPEAT
WINNER OF THE AWARD.
