Huntsman awards
11 dedicated educators, volunteers get $10,000 each
"We deem it a privilege to be able to honor this year's recipients of the Huntsman Awards for Excellence in Education," Jon Huntsman said. "Each and every teacher, administrator and volunteer is deserving of our respect and appreciation for their outstanding efforts and commitment."
Peggy W. Woods, third-grade teacher, Lomond View Elementary, Weber District
The 28-year educator and third-grade teacher has high expectations for herself and her students. She regularly seeks to improve her teaching, be it through university classes or educational conferences. She creates lessons specific to each child's abilities and regularly tests them to ensure they are improving. For those who need it, she offers tutoring outside school hours sometimes, without pay.
"Peggy loves, unconditionally, every child she teaches and strives to see that each child experiences and knows the feeling of success," principal Brad Larsen wrote in nominating Woods for the award. "She never misses a chance to tell a student how great they are."
Woods rewards student accomplishments with coupons for hamburgers or ice cream cones. She sends parents notes about their child's progress and includes her home phone number with an invitation to call anytime. She tells the children she doesn't know what she would do without them, that they are her life.
"She has dedicated her life to these lucky children," parents Glade and Tonya Jones wrote. "I wish more teachers were like her."
Arthur D. Lujan, assistant principal, Backman Elementary, Salt Lake District
The Backman Elementary assistant principal uses much of his free time helping others, be it a faculty member who needs to talk, a parent with questions about school, or a student needing clothing or tutoring while battling cancer. Bilingual in Spanish, Lujan also often helps translate for non-English-speaking families applying for loans, Medicaid services or working with businesses.
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