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Longtime Spanish Teacher Wins Mustang Spirit Award

Nelida Lepore, a Spanish teacher for more than two decades at Medford High, was honored.

MEDFORD, MA - Nelida Lepore, a Spanish teacher who has spent more than 20 years at Medford High, received the Mustang Spirit Award.

The Award is voted on by the student body.

Lepore, a Medford resident, is advisor to the foreign language club, organizes a festival to celebrate different cultures, and has been integral in putting together school trips to Puerto Rico, Spain, Mexico, and Cuba.

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