Westman educators with BU link win national award
November 30, 2022
 and former colleague Carla Cooke have won the Governor General’s History Award for a project in which their Grade 11 students researched and wrote material for panels for a new interpretive walk near Elgin. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)</p>
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<p>Two Westman teachers – including one who is also a Master of Education student at Brandon University — have won a prestigious national history award for a project that connected their rural students to their community through history and writing while allowing them to leave a legacy of their own. One of their students has also since entered the integrated Arts and Education program at BU.</p>
<p>Hartney School teachers Tracey Salamondra and Carla Cooke have won a 2022 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Teaching.</p>
<p>Salamondra is currently pursuing a Master of Education degree at BU, in the <span>Curriculum and Pedagogy Thesis stream.</span></p>
<p>“I was really excited,” Salamondra said of learning that they’d won. “It’s really nice to think that the work that we’re doing in a small-town school is on par with what you’re seeing in larger centres.”</p>
<p>“It’s quite an honour,” said Cooke, who recently moved to Alberta, where she intends to continue her teaching career. “It’s probably one of the highlights of my teaching career so far, and the fact that I got to share it with Tracey and our students is pretty awesome.”</p>
<p>The teachers are being recognized for their collaboration on a project that connected their students to their community through historical research and authentic writing.</p>
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 Kayden Drinkwalter, Brooklyn Skelton, Cristel de Guia, Andrew Carreon, Peyton Boulanger, Faith Thomas, Lucas Murray, Henry Bertholet. (Submitted)</p>
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Westman educators with BU link win national award
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