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Michelle White is presented with a bouquet of flowers by Superintendent Wendy Robinson, in class Friday.

FWCS Teacher of the Year is named

Northwood Middle School Teacher Michelle White was named Friday as the 2010-11 Fort Wayne Community Schools Teacher of the Year.

She is beginning her fourth year as a seventh-grade language arts teacher at Northwood and her sixth year in education, according to a written statement from the district.

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