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NNPS teachers win state awards

(February 12, 2010) - Woodside High School’s Linda Vulcan was named state debate coach of the year at the Virginia Association of Speech, Debate, and Drama Coaches’ fall conference. Vulcan is a lead English teacher at Woodside and says she has been involved in forensics since she started teaching. She has coached Student Congress and Public Forum Debate for about 10 years and recommends the workshops of the VASDDC for other coaches.

Huntington Middle School’s Jan Cotmon was named Outstanding Economic Educator of the Year for the region by the Virginia Council on Economic Education. Cotmon was nominated by Gemma Kotula, director of the Center for Economic Education at Christopher Newport University. The awards honor educators for their original and creative lessons about finance and economics.