Welcome

Dear Amherst and Pelham Elementary School Teachers, Staff, Parents and Guardians,

Begun in 2013, this award goes to one outstanding elementary school teacher in Amherst or Pelham each year (with the exception of 2020, the first year of the COVID Pandemic), chosen by their peers. The Foundation, in partnership with other community organizations, created an endowment of more than $30,000, so that the award will continue into perpetuity, with the income from the endowment funding a stipend for the recipient of the award.

This award celebrates excellence in teaching and is named after Roger L. Wallace, an outstanding elementary school teacher who retired in June 2012 after teaching for 39 years (38 of them at Fort River School, in Amherst, MA).

We honor and applaud all the excellent work within our school systems, especially the ways that social justice issues are included and addressed in these fine efforts by school staff. Thank you for the work of teachers, staff, parents, and guardians alike and for all you are doing for the young people of our community. Thank you for all the ways you can both teach about and manifest social justice by making learning possible for all students.

Join us in endowing an annual award to honor Amherst & Pelham elementary school teachers!

• Encourage excellence in our schools

• Support our teachers

If you would like to support this award, please join us today!

In celebration for what we are building together,

The Board of the Roger Wallace Excellence in Teaching Award Foundation

PS You can learn more about the Award, and get updates as plans develop on both our website at: https://sites.google.com/view/rlweit/ and our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/ExcellenceInTeaching/.