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Area High School Teacher Wins $15K Leadership Award Area High School Teacher Wins $15K Leadership Award
Area High School Teacher Wins $15K Leadership Award A high school special education teacher from Connecticut has won a prestigious $15,000 leadership award. Kelsey LaPrad of Stamford, who teaches at Brien McMahon High School n Norwalk, received the grant as part of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation’s Lawrence W. O’Toole Leadership Awards. A total of 13 teachers across the region are being honored for their leadership.   LaPrad provides students with intellectual disabilities and autism with real-world learning experiences.  LaPrad said she plans to use the grant to train students and teachers to implement a peer-assisted classroom model …

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by Jon Craig