AUGUSTA — Two elementary school teachers and one middle school teacher have been named as the three finalists for the title of 2013 Maine Teacher of the Year.
The Department of Education says the winner will be announced at a surprise all-school assembly in September.
The finalists are South Berwick second- and third-grade teacher Kathy Bousquet, Poland seventh- and eighth-grade special education teacher Shannon Shanning, and York fourth-grade teacher Beth Switzer.
The winner serves as an advocate for the teaching profession, education and students, and represents the state at a national Teachers of the Year gathering in Dallas, a ceremony in Washington with the president and the secretary of education, and at other events and conferences around the country.
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