Ware Elementary School kindergarten teacher Chelsea Williams and Fort Riley Middle School 6th grade social studies teacher, Allie Ronnebaum, have been selected to represent USD 475 in the 2016 Kansas Cable Telecommunications Association Horizon Award program.

The program, sponsored by the Kansas State Department of Education and the Kansas Cable Telecommunications Association, identifies and recognizes distinguished educators who have completed one year of teaching in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.

Four elementary and four secondary

classroom teachers will be selected from each of four regions in Kansas and award recipients will be notified in December or January.

The next step for Chelsea and Allie will be to complete a nomination packet by October 9th. The winners will be recognized during a special ceremony during the 2016 Kansas State Educators Conference.