Heidi Givens, who earned the 2013 Kentucky Elementary School Teacher of the Year award, participated along with 35 other educators from across the county in an expedition around the world with National Geographic for professional learning and educational experience in July.
The National Geographic Society is offering educators grants to support projects that aim to teach people about the world and how it works, empowering them to make it a better place.
Sam Northern was selected as one of the 2016 Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellows. Northern, who is a library media specialist at Simpson Elementary School, is one of 35 educators from the United States and Canada to receive this honor.