WASHINGTON, April 24 (UPI) -- President Obama honored a 7th-grade English teacher from Burbank, Calif., as the Teacher of the Year in a White House ceremony Tuesday.
The president said that Rebecca Mieliwocki puts a lot extra in her work, from field trips to parents' nights. She has even had her students work in groups to film different versions of an O. Henry short story and has had them write 5-minute plays, which were then performed by professional actors.