Marietta teacher selected for national conference

Stormi Johnson, a third-grade teacher at the Marietta Center for Advanced Academics, was selected to attend this year’s Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy by the National Council of Teachers in Mathematics.

The program will help Johnson learn new ways to teach math and science.

The academy will take place at Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, New Jersey and is all-expense paid.

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