Atholton Elementary Teacher Named Howard County Teacher of the Year

Lisa Young serves as a resource teacher for both fellow educators and students.

Some days during afternoon school announcements in Alaska where Lisa Young taught for six years,  students were reminded about proper moose safety. “Stay two house-lengths away, never get between a mama and a calf and always remember your alternate route home,” Young said the school's announcer would remind students as they were leaving for the day. Sound advice as it may be, Young doesn't have much use for the moose safety tips in her current job at Atholton Elementary School but she does credit her experience in Alaska with instilling in her a creative attitude toward teaching. Young's approach apparently has been of substantial benefit to both her teaching colleagues and students as she recently was named Howard County Teacher of Year. …

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