A North Central Florida elementary school teacher and two middle school agri-science teachers have won Florida Agriculture in the Classroom, Inc.’s “Excellence in Teaching about Agriculture Awards” for 2008 for their efforts to educate their students about where food, fiber and landscape material come from.
Cherith Davenport of Archer Community School near Gainesville won for the elementary and overall Florida level. Susan Carpenter of Mulrennan Middle School in Tampa and Brent Douglas of High Springs Community School in North Central Florida won for the middle school agri-science level.
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