Valley Oaks Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Marcia Looper will receive the 2007 Preserve America Elementary History Teacher of the Year Award on Friday, Sept. 14, during a special 9 a.m. morning ceremony on the Westview campus.
Sponsored by Preserve America and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, the award will be presented by Texas Preserve America Coordinator Judy Brodigen and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s National Chairman John Nau. Students will also present a patriotic program.
SBISD’s 2004 Elementary Teacher of the Year, Marcia has been active as a Student Council and campus television sponsor. She has supervised student programs ranging from Cleanup Valley Oaks beautification to a Random Acts of Kindness after-school class where students quietly performed good deeds for others. Gary Henry is Valley Oaks Elementary principal. (9-11-07)