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Sixteen Montclair Public Schools teachers have been named winners of the 2024 Judy Weston Awards for Inspired Teaching, selected from a pool of 300 total nominations.

More than 200 parents, caregivers, teens and members of the Montclair community gained insights and inspiration for tackling challenges of post-high school life at “Life After High School” mini-conference Saturday.

When Camila Chavarria-Delgado started the fifth grade four years ago, after recently immigrating from Nicaragua with her family, she spent her first day of school silent.

The 2023 Judy Weston Awards for Inspired Teaching honored Montclair teachers Thursday, June 1, celebrating those who stand out as creative, talented, supportive, inspired and inspiring.

A group of 13 local education leaders will review nominations for the Judy Weston Awards for Inspired Teaching.

MFEE is excited to announce the return of the Judy Weston Awards for Inspired Teaching. This spring, sixteen teachers from throughout Montclair Public Schools will be selected to receive individual cash awards of $2,000, including one award designated specifically for a special education teacher, thanks to the generosity of the Weston family.

The annual grants are broken into three categories — educational excellence, professional development, and social and emotional learning. The projects include curating a library of culturally representative literature, creating a schoolwide compost program and engaging middle school students to paint a mural in the school bathroom with QR codes linking to mental health resources.

Charles H. Bullock School has been awarded the inaugural $10,000 Excellence in Equity grant from the Montclair Fund for Educational Excellence, to cover a social justice-focused program based on the arts.