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Haltom City teacher receives statewide award
Carolyn Hedgecock of Haltom City receives a 2007 Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award in ceremony last month. From left, Superintendent Dr. Stephen F. Waddell, Carolyn Hedgecock, Representative Kay Granger, and Humanities Texas Board Member Kit Moncrief. Courtesy of photographer Mark Thomas.
November 20, 2007
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Humanities Texas has selected Carolyn Hedgecock of Haltom City as a recipient of the 2006–07 Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award. Congresswoman Kay Granger and Kit T. Moncrief, a Humanities Texas board member, presented Mrs. Hedgecock with her award on Monday, November 19, at a ceremony in the North Oaks Middle School auditorium with the entire student body present.
“Carolyn Hedgecock has demonstrated a tireless devotion to finding new and innovative ways to teach her students and to instilling in them a love of learning. She is an asset to our education system and deserves recognition,” said Congresswoman Kay Granger.
Humanities Texas grants these awards annually to Texas teachers to recognize exemplary contributions in teaching, curriculum development and extracurricular programming.
Mrs. Hedgecock teaches English and language arts at North Oaks Middle School in Haltom City. She received a $500 cash prize.
Mrs. Hedgecock designs lessons that capture students’ attention and spark their imaginations. When studying Shakespeare, she and her students transformed their classroom into the Globe Theatre and staged performances for school administrators. That same classroom became a desert island when students read Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe.
Mary Miller, Birdville ISD’s advanced academic specialist, praised Mrs. Hedgecock’s commitment to her students and her school. “She leaves every day exhausted but returns each morning with a smile and a new bag of tricks,” Miller said.
Mrs. Hedgecock also teaches workshops and writes curriculum for teachers in Birdville Independent School District.
“We are pleased to recognize such an accomplished teacher,” said Humanities Texas Executive Director Michael L. Gillette. “Ms. Hedgecock inspires students to appreciate the humanities and motivates them to achieve at high levels.”
The state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Humanities Texas develops and supports programs across the state, including lectures, oral history projects, museum exhibitions and documentary films.
Humanities Texas sponsors the Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award with financial support from the NEH. For information about the awards program, please email awards@humanitiestexas.org. Additional information about Humanities Texas is available at www.humanitiestexas.org.
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