Two Bethel Teachers Were Finalists For State Education Award

Bethel Middle School Teacher Reda Marcussen helps with a bucket as two of her sixth-grade drama students practice their puppet show on April 11. Marcussen recently won the POE Excellence in Education Junior High Educator Merit Award and was named the Teacher of the Year. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
Bethel Middle School Teacher Reda Marcussen helps with a bucket as two of her sixth-grade drama students practice their puppet show on April 11. Marcussen recently won the POE Excellence in Education Junior High Educator Merit Award and was named the Teacher of the Year. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

On Monday, April 11, Bethel Middle School teacher Reda Marcussen was having a “very good day.” The previous Friday, she had attended the Professional Oklahoma Educators Foundation “Excellence in Education” Awards Banquet, where she was presented the Junior High Educator Merit Award. She was one of three finalists statewide in her category.

When she returned to school, she was named the Site Teacher…