Philip's Academy Charter School teachers received a 2015 Unsung Hero Award from Voya Financial.
NEWARK -- Philip's Academy Charter School teachers Shanthia Williams, Towada Ito, John Farrell, Scott Geter, Scott Newman, Shamair Todman, Cathy Higgins, Eileen Jahn and Tom Augello have received 2015 Unsung Hero Awards from Voya Financial.
Each year, New York City-based Voya awards grants of $2,000 to 100 teachers in grades K to 8 for their innovative teaching methods. Those teachers are then eligible to be considered for the three top awards as decided by the Educators Advisory Board, made up of six educators from across the United States.
The Philip's Academy teachers were honored as a group for their idea, "Eighth Grade Legacy Production." The teachers have their students work together and use a combination of their math, science, language arts, music, art and physical education skills to put on a production of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet."
The other New Jersey teachers to receive awards were Susan Marie Terra, a science teacher at Westfield High School and Jordana Scheer from P.J. Hill Elementary School in Trenton.
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