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2012 West Virginia Teacher of the Year recieves $3,000 check from Horace Mann Insurance Company Representatives’

Horace Mann Agents’ Honor 2012 West Virginia Teacher of the Year, Robert Morris with a $3,000 check at ceremony in Charleston

Charleston, WV (StateNewsWire) Sep 19, 2011 — Representatives of Horace Mann Insurance Company presented 2012 West Virginia Teacher of the Year, Robert Morris with a $3,000 check during the during the ceremony.

State Superintendent Jorea Marple announced Robert Morris, an agriculture and forestry teacher at Clay County High School, is West Virginia’s 2012 Teacher of the Year, during a ceremony in Charleston that recognized county teachers of the year.

Morris, who just began his 24th year in the classroom, has a master’s degree in agriculture and is currently working toward an administrative certificate. He says he knew he had chosen the right profession the first day he walked into a classroom as a student teacher.

“I love teaching and it is something at which I desire to be good,” he said. “I practice and hone my craft the same as any athlete, musician or other impresario.”

As West Virginia’s 2012 Teacher of the Year, Morris will receive an educational technology package valued at nearly $15,000, use of a Toyota car for a year and cash awards from Mountain State Blue Cross/Blue Shield and Horace Mann Insurance.

He was selected by a committee appointed by the state superintendent of schools to evaluate six finalists who were their county Teacher of the Year winners. Teacher of the Year, a project of the Council of Chief State School Officers, is the longest, ongoing awards program honoring classroom teachers in the country, granting its first national award in 1952. West Virginia has participated in the program since 1964.

Morris, will represent West Virginia in the National Teacher of the Year competition.

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“Horace Mann Insurance Company is named after the 19th century legislator and education reformer who is also known as the Father of American Education and it’s an honor to carry on the work of our namesake by recognizing the people who give so much
to take care of our children and who work tirelessly to assure they have a solid education and bright future,” said Ethan Poole, Ethan Poole Insurance Agency and representative of Horace Mann Insurance.

Horace Mann Insurance has been a sponsor of the WV Teacher of the Year Program since 2011 and plans to continue their support in future years.

CONTACT
Ethan Poole
Horace Mann Insurance – Ethan Poole Insurance Agency – Affordable Insurance Solutions, Managing Partner / Principal Agent
304.727.0969
ethan.poole@horacemann.com
http://agents.horacemann.com/EthanPoole

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