Haine Elementary teacher finalist for Teacher of the Year
CRANBERRY TWP — A fourth-grade teacher at Haine Elementary School is a finalist in the 2020 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year competition.
Paolo Tolomeo is one of a dozen teachers selected and, if chosen as Teacher of the Year, he would represent more than 122,000 teachers across the state.
The Pennsylvania Department of Education will announce the 2020 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year during a special awards ceremony in December.
Tolomeo, who has been teaching for 13 years, said he was “very surprised” to learn he was a finalist.
“I had never been nominated before,” he said. “You come into your job every day, and you try to do what's best for your kids.”
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