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Lori Graham named Outstanding Educator of the Year

LG JBarrick VertCongratulations to Lori Graham who was named Outstanding Educator at the 2018 Celebration of Education in Oklahoma!

Carnegie Elementary School Principal Lori Graham received the Outstanding Educator Award at the 2018 Celebration of Education in Oklahoma April 27 from OU’s Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education at The University of Oklahoma.

Alpha Plus CEO Jan Barrick nominated Ms. Graham for the award after Alpha Plus had worked with the school for several years, including before and since Carnegie Elementary was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2015. 

Lori Graham is the elementary school principal at Carnegie Public School in Carnegie, Oklahoma. She is a two-time graduate of JRCoE, earning a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a master’s degree in educational administration, curriculum and supervision. While at OU, Graham was a member of the President’s Leadership Class.

Under her leadership, Carnegie was named a Blue Ribbon School in 2015 and obtained a CATCH Grant in 2017. Graham was the 2004-05 Carnegie Teacher of the Year and Master Teacher for Southwest Region of Oklahoma for the State Department of Education in 2006-07. She also served as Carnegie Education Association president from 2004-05.

 JHofmeister LGraham1024 State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister (left) and Lybbee Graham (right), Lori Graham's daughter and a member of the 2017-18 State Superintendent’s Advisory Council, helped Lori celebrate the Outstanding Educator Award. 

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 The Outstanding Educator Award was presented by Greg Garn, Dean of the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education and executive director of the K20 Center for Educational and Community Renewal at The University of Oklahoma. Photo courtesy of OU Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education. 

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Lori Graham says she is proud to have had so many of the important people in her life with her at the OU awards ceremony: (from left) P.K. Hurt, Lybbee Graham (her daughter and graduating senior headed to OU in the fall), Lynda See, Natalie Hurt (Carnegie school counselor), Jim (retired superintendent) and Darla Buie, Lori Graham next to husband Kirk Graham, Karlee Graham (her daughter and a senior at OU), and Linda Dyer (her mother).

For more information about the Celebration of Education, visit http://bit.ly/2FbR6Ik.

To find out how your school can become a National Blue Ribbon School, call (405) 842-8408, or click here for more about Alpha Plus.

 

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