Auburn School District No. 408
915 4th Street Northeast, Auburn, WA  98002

4/19/07

NEWS RELEASE
Five Teachers to Be Inducted into National Teachers Hall of Fame

Five teachers from Washington to Florida recently found out they’ve been selected for induction into the National Teachers Hall of Fame (NTHF) in a series of surprise announcements.

Representatives from the National Teachers Hall of Fame and its corporate sponsors joined state and local educational leaders at an assembly and reception in each inductee’s school district to make the announcement.

This year’s inductee class includes:

• Norman Dale Conard, a high school Social/Studies and Video Production teacher at Uniontown High School in Uniontown, Kansas.

• Edna Loveday Rogers, a kindergarten teacher at Sevierville Primary School in Sevierville, Tennessee.

• Geri Rohlff, a high school Language Arts/Study Skills/Alternative Education teacher at Auburn Riverside High School in Auburn,Washington.

• John Snyer, a high school Computer Science teacher at Advanced Technologies Academy in Las Vegas, Nevada.

• Dr. Joseph W. Underwood, a high school TV and MovieMaking teacher in Davie, Florida.

The selected teachers will travel to Emporia, Kansas, June 14-16 for a series of induction events. The story of their careers will be on permanent display at the National Teachers Hall of Fame gallery in Emporia. Additionally, they receive gifts and mementos, including:

• A $1,000 college scholarship presented by Sodexho School Services to a student in their district pursing a degree in teaching.

• $1,000 in educational materials from Pearson Education.

• A signet ring and lapel pin presented by Herff Jones, Inc.

The National Teachers Hall of Fame was founded in Emporia, Kansas, in 1989 to honor elementary and secondary teachers and the teaching profession through a recognition program and museum. Nominees must be certified public or non-public school teachers, active or retired, with at least 20 years of experience in teaching grades pre-K-12.

The National Teachers Hall of Fame has been endorsed by nearly every major professional educational organization. Annual induction recognition takes place in Emporia, Kansas, and includes community events, an educational roundtable discussion, an induction ceremony and tours of the surrounding prairie.

Since the inaugural induction ceremonies in 1992, 80 educators from 33 states and the District of Columbia have been inducted. This year’s class of inductees represents the 16th anniversary of NTHF induction ceremonies.

The National Teachers Hall of Fame induction is sponsored this year by Sodexho School Services, The New York Times Knowledge Network, Pearson Education and Herff Jones, Inc.

Biographies of the five teachers will be posted at www.nthf.org. To request biographies, please call the Hall of Fame at 1-800-96-TEACH or 620-341-5660. A list of current NTHF members, a fact sheet and schedules for the 16th Annual Induction may be found on the website or by calling the Hall of Fame.

For more information contact Amy Spence, public information officer, at (253) 931-4713.