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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 2008

Chelan High School Receives Outstanding Agriculture Program Award

LEXINGTON, KY – The agriculture program at Chelan High School in Chelan, WA, has been selected as the 2008 Washingon Outstanding Middle/Secondary School Agricultural Education Program. Rod Cool and Paul Quick serve as instructors for the program.

This award, given by the National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE), recognizes the nation’s most successful agricultural education programs by highlighting the local programs and teachers that achieve success. Winners are educators who have developed an outstanding agricultural education program at either the middle school or high school level. Applicants are judged on a variety of criteria, including teaching philosophy, effective classroom and experiential instruction, development of partnerships, and professional growth.

Chelan High School will compete against Outstanding Middle/Secondary School Ag Ed Program award winners from surrounding states for the opportunity to be named the 2008 NAAE Outstanding Middle/Secondary School Ag Ed Program for Region I. Regional winners will receive a cash award and expense paid trip to attend the 2008 NAAE conference in Charlotte, N.C. The Outstanding Middle/Secondary School Ag Ed Program award is sponsored by the National FFA Alumni Association, as a special project of the National FFA Foundation.

NAAE is the professional association for agricultural educators. The mission of NAAE is “professionals providing agricultural education for the global community through visionary leadership, advocacy and service.” The NAAE office is located on the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington, KY.

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