Woodstock teacher win’s statewide award

Woodstock High School teacher Krista Webb has been named the Georgia State Society’s 2015 Outstanding American History Teacher.

Webb was nominated by the Thomas Johnson Chapter of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century. Chapters are requested annually to submit endorsements for teachers from across the state, and a panel of judges reviews the applications to select a winner. She will be recognized at the Georgia State Society Luncheon at Callaway Gardens in March.

Webb, who teachers Advanced Placement U.S. History and AP World History and is the school’s social studies department head, previously was named the 2011 Cherokee County School District Teacher of the Year and an AP Master Teacher.