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Smart Tech Teaching Excellence awards

The 2015 American Samoa finalists for the SMART Technologies Teaching Excellence Award for the Secondary Division Teacher of the Year are Monica Lynn Lui, who is also the Territorial Teacher of the Year; and Elementary Division Teacher of the Year, Maluelue Toli Jr., who is also Tafuna Elementary's Teacher of the Year.

 

The recipients for SMART Technologies awards were announced last week Friday night during the Department of Education-sponsored Territorial Teacher of the Year (TTOY) ceremony, where TTOY committee member, Roberta Ripley explained the annual SMART Technologies award is presented to both the Secondary and Elementary divisions.

 

SMART Technologies is not only the sponsor of the local TTOY but also sponsors it on the national level, Ripley said, adding that the SMART Teaching Excellence Award program is an initiative that sponsors teacher recognition programs through the donation of educational technology products.

 

“Through this nation wide program, SMART hopes to reward inspirational teachers and ensure that the best classroom technologies are made available to both them and their students,” she said and explained some of the items — such as the state-of-the-art SMART Notebook classroom license — in the SMART gift package for the recipients.

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