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Each year we honor a teacher whose creative implementation of River of Words has generated exemplary student work. While there is no formal nomination procedure, we are always eager to hear about effective and inspired teaching and teachers.

River of Words Teacher of the Year 2007

         Linda Cover
         Natural Environmental Science Teachings

         Watsonville, California

 

River of Words Teacher of the Year 2006

         Connie McDonald
         Louisiana State University Lab School

         Baton Rouge, Louisiana

         Read her Biography

 

River of Words Teacher of the Year 2005

         

         Ocean Jones
         Merced High School

         Merced, California

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River of Words Teacher of the Year 2004

          Devika Brandt

          Greenwood School,

          Mill Valley, California

 

          Read her acceptance speech

 

River of Words Teacher of the Year 2003

Alicia Hokanson
Lakeside Middle School
Seattle, Washington

Read her acceptance speech

 

River of Words Teacher of the Year 2002

Greg Sellers
All Saints’ Episcopal School
Vicksburg, Mississippi

Read his acceptance speech

 

River of Words Teacher of the Year 2001

Peter Gavin
Kent Middle School
Kentfield, California

Read his acceptance speech

 
 

 

River of Words Teacher of the Year 2000

Pamela Segers
Avondale Estates High School
Avondale Estates, Georgia

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Pamela Segers (right) with Bob Hass and her ROW Grand Prize winning student, Crystal Love (left) in Washington, D.C.

 

 

River of Words Teacher of the Year 1999

Irene Linn
Ft. Myers High School
Ft. Myers, Florida
 

 

River of Words Teacher of the Year 1998

Grace Grafton
California Poets in the Schools
San Francisco, California

Read her acceptance speech
 

Irene Linn and Bob Hass

Irene Linn and Bob Hass

 

River of Words Teacher of the Year 1997

Patricia Russell
Brighton High School
Salt Lake City, Utah

Patricia Russell

1997 Teacher of the Year, Patricia Russell, looks on as one of her students reads her River of Words poem.

 
 
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