Union High School math teacher named finalist for 2023 National Teacher of the Year
by Savannah Sinclair, KTUL Staff
Union High School's Rebecka Peterson has been named a top-five finalist for National Teacher of the Year 2023. (Courtesy Union Public Schools)
TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) —
Friday a celebration was held for Oklahoma's Teacher of the Year who is now a finalist for National Teacher of the Year.
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Rebecka Peterson is a math teacher at Union High School.
She's been named as one of five finalists for the 2023 National Teacher of the Year by the Council of Chief State School Officers.
"We have an astoundingly devoted and intelligent teacher of the state," Peterson said. "We cannot take them for granted."
Her passion project has been to visit teachers in all 77 Oklahoma counties to watch them teach and tell their stories on social media in an effort to honor teachers.
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