Lynwood High teacher to be in U.S. competition
A Lynwood High School teacher has been nominated by state schools chief Jack O’Connell to participate in the national teacher of the year competition.
English teacher Alan Sitomer was selected because of a program he initiated in which he used hip-hop to engage students in the classics.
He was one of five named California teachers of the year for 2007. They also included others from Greater Los Angeles: Dawna Countryman of the Saugus Union School District, Rick LeVan of the Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District and Helen Papadopoulos of the Walnut Valley Unified School District.
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