CARSTAIRS - Carstairs Elementary School Grade 3 teacher Emily Wilson as has won the prestigious Edwin Parr Award in the Central Alberta area.
The award is presented annually to selected first-year teachers by the Alberta School Boards Association (ASBA).
“My goal is to provide a safe place and foster a classroom culture that inspires, empowers and uplifts every student who enters my classroom,” Wilson said in a press release issued Tuesday.
“I want them to feel that what they bring is enough, and that they will all go out into the world and do great things with what they have to offer.”
Wilson was one of seven nominees in ASBA Zone 4. She will be honoured with the other provincial recipients of the award in Edmonton later this year.
“We are incredibly proud of Emily. She represents a very strong contingent of first-year teachers in Chinook’s Edge School Division (CESD), and she is truly exceptional,” said Kurt Sacher, CESD superintendent.
Mike Garrow, division principal with CESD said, “We are thrilled for Emily. It has been a great honour to observe and support the exceptional teaching and learning in her classroom.
“Emily’s planning, instructional design, differentiation, and fun learning activities engages students and inspires them to have a love for learning. The care and love for her students’ success is admirable and we are so proud of her and this accomplishment.”
CESD chair Holy Bilton and Carstairs and Cremona-area trustee Melissa Copley also congratulated Wilson.
