FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 24, 2016, 10:00 a.m. CDT
Contact Jason Hogue, Peru State College Marketing and Communications, 402-872-2429
Lincoln, Nebraska- Raeanna Carbaugh, class of 2015, won the Nebraska State Education Association’s 2017
Rookie of the Year award. The award is given to outstanding Nebraska teachers in their
second full year of service.
Raeanna Carbaugh (left) posing with the award.
NSEA.org writes, “The first year in the classroom can be difficult. Yet NSEA’s 2017
Rookie of the Year, Raeanna Carbaugh, a Niobrara Education Association member, has
excelled as her school district’s only secondary English teacher, prepping for eight
different English courses per day, while also coaching the speech team, directing
one act plays and serving as yearbook advisor.”
“She designed and implemented a creative writing course for the students in her small,
rural high school. With two other teachers, she organized a professional learning
community for local educators.
“She has volunteered for Community Cleanup Day and continues the activism fostered
as a member of the Student Education Association of Nebraska by serving as vice president
of her local association; as a member of the Elkhorn District Executive Committee;
and as a delegate to NEA Representative Assembly last summer. In her “spare” time,
she will complete her master’s degree at Wayne State College this year.”
Devin Garcia, class of 2013, was named NSEA 2015 Rookie of the Year.
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