Hillsborough High School Teacher Receives Teacher Of The Year Award

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — Hillsborough High School teacher Robert M. Fenster has earned another accolade.

The Organization of American Historians (OAH) announced recently that Fenster is the recipient of the OAH’s 2023 Mary K. Bonsteel Tachau Teacher of the Year Award. The award is given annually for contributions made by precollegiate teachers to improve history education within the field of American history.

The Award was announced during the OAH’s 2023 Conference on American History.

Fenster has taught in Hillsborough since 1993 where he has successfully engaged students while teaching U.S. History and AP Government and Politics and also moderating Mock Trial, Model United Nations, Model Congress, Podcasting Club, and Amnesty International.

Fenster regularly challenges students to relate to topics personally and creatively when covering diversity, immigration, government, and citizenship, among other topics. He inspires students to actively engage their intellects and share their understandings and perspectives through a wide variety of pedagogical approaches.

Fenster has also developed and shared multiple, exemplary lesson plans and curricular guides with other K–12 educators, and his professional involvement with educational and historical organizations has been broad. His lessons inspire historical analysis while developing critical thinking skills.

For the full list of OAH 2023 award and prize recipients, visit the OAH website.