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Margot Stern Strom Teaching Award

 

Teacher Award

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Margot Stern Strom Teaching Award was established in 2006 to honor the passion of Facing History and Ourselves' Founder and Executive Director Margot Stern Strom, and is generously funded by David and Nina Fialkow.

2012 Award Winners

Click here to read about this year's Margot Stern Strom Teaching Award winners from around the world.

About Applying

The application process for next year's awards will reopen in fall 2012.

Click here to learn about the application process.

Past Winners

hardy thamesHardy Thames of Central High School, TN, used his award to study the history of Sudan using Facing History’s themes and journey, culminating in a student-organized “Jam for Sudan” fundraiser.


ann chaitinAnn Chaitin, an art teacher from La Jolla Country Day School in San Diego, used her Margot Stern Strom Award to create and teach a class called "Art with a Message."


yael glickYael Glick from Satellite Academy in New York brought students to Rwanda to engage in a two week cultural exchange.


meredith and nadyaMeredith Louria and Nadya Strueva of Santa Monica, CA and Voronezh, Russia work together to incorporate Facing History teachings into their classrooms to promote global understanding - half the world away from each other.


megMeg Arbeiter, a teacher at ACT Charter School in Chicago, IL, traveled to South Africa to learn more about the country's quest for reconciliation and democracy.