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Bloom Science Teacher Nominated for Golden Apple Award

Jill Krysinski is one of 32 finalists in this year's Golden Apple Award process.

Congratulations to Bloom High School science teacher Jill Krysinski. She is among the 32 finalists for the 2013 Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching.

Krysinski is one of 500 teachers nominated for this prestigious award. If she wins, she will be entitled to a spring-quarter sabbatical at Northwestern University, $3,000 cash and membership in the Fellows of the Golden Apple Academy of Educations.

All 32 finalists will be subject to a final review and observation round before the ten recipients are announced in May.

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