Four Teacher of Year Finalists Chosen

Four North Dakota teachers were recently chosen as finalists for the 2008 Teacher of the Year. Finalists are: Verna Rasmussen, a first grade teacher ate Westside Elementary in West Fargo; Kerby Engen, a business education teacher at South High School in Fargo; Kathleen Lentz, a fifth grade teacher at Washington Elementary School in Valley City; and Mary Carlson a second grade teacher at Dakota Elementary School on the Minot Air Force Base.

The finalist will be announced by Governor John Hoeven at the NDEA General Session during the NDEA Instructional Conference at the All Seasons Arena in Minot Oct. 18, 2007.