Olivia Lewis, an eighth-grade history teacher at the Sheridan Junior High School, was recently awarded the Arkansas Council for the Social Studies Marshia Coleman Award for Novice Teachers.
Presented at the Arkansas Curriculum Conference at Little Rock, the award is given annually to new teachers in recognition of their dedication to students and contributions to social studies education.
The award is named in honor of Marshia Coleman, who was a teacher at Forest Heights Middle School in Little Rock before she died suddenly in 2007. She was known as an excellent teacher and mentor for many years.
Lewis, who is in her third year of teaching, was also recognized by History Day Arkansas with the Mary J. Landreth Outstanding Novice Teacher Award last year at the state National History Day Awards.