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Two LWSD teachers to compete at the Microsoft Partners in Learning U.S. Forum


June 29, 2012 · 5:27 PM

Julie Hembree, the librarian at Bell Elementary in Kirkland, and Kathy Wright, a technology teacher at Eastlake High School, have both been selected to compete for top honors at the Microsoft Partners in Learning 2012 U.S. Forum.

They are just two out of 102 innovative educators who will compete to represent the U.S. at Microsoft’s global competition in Athens, Greece, in November.

Microsoft announced the finalists on June 6. All 102 educators will showcase the creative ways that they are transforming learning through technology at Microsoft headquarters July 31 through Aug. 1.

 

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