Pennsylvania Farm Bureau’s Agriculture Promotion Committee has selected Butler County teacher Angela Eyth as its 2020 Teacher of the Year.

The award is presented annually to an educator who finds creative ways to share the story of agriculture with his or her students after participating in the Pennsylvania Friends of Agriculture’s Educator’s Ag Institute.

Inspired by what she learned at the institute, Eyth partnered with others in her community to share lessons about Pennsylvania agriculture with her fourth-grade students at Summit Elementary School near Butler.

Before schools moved online last spring, she highlighted different agricultural commodities each month and invited special visitors into her classroom to discuss their connections to agriculture.

Her class built bluebird houses, adopted a calf from a Pennsylvania farm, learned how to spin wool, and enjoyed visits from local farmers.

“This is what true learning should be,” Eyth said. “My students didn’t just learn or memorize facts. They internalized and analyzed their new experiences and applied it to their daily lives.”

Eyth received a $250 cash prize, a cash voucher for classroom supplies and a scholarship to attend the 2021 National Ag in the Classroom Conference in Des Moines, Iowa.