Board of Education Recognizes Millbrook Teacher
 Millbrook teacher Lindy Poling presented NC History Teacher of the Year award at board meeting. |
September 2006 - At its September 19 meeting, the Board of Education recognized Millbrook High teacher Lindy Poling as North Carolina History Teacher of the Year for 2006. Poling will receive a $1,000 honorarium and will be in the running for the National History Teacher of the Year award to be selected this fall. Millbrook High School's library will receive a core archive of history books and materials from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Poling has been teaching for 30 years and has been at Millbrook High School for 22 years. She was honored as Wake County Teacher of the Year in 1997, NCCSS Secondary Teacher of the Year in 1999, and VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher of the Year in 2002. In 2004, she was one of 20 teachers nationwide chosen for the USA Today All-USA Teacher First Team. Ms. Poling is a member of the Millbrook High Service Club and is the advisor for the Bridges Newsletter / National History Club.
The award was presented by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, which promotes the study of American history. Inaugurated in 2004 by Preserve America, the History Teacher of the Year Award is designed to promote and honor the teaching of U.S. history in America's classrooms. The Gilder Lehrman Institute was selected by Preserve America and the White House to coordinate and present this annual award, which honors one outstanding K-12 teacher of American history from each state and U.S. territory.