Heather Harrell, a third grade teacher at the Taos Integrated School for the Arts, has been honored as a 2025 recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching — the highest award K-12 math and science teachers can receive from the U.S. government.

“Kids need to know the truth about the world, scientifically speaking,” Harrell said. “Science is about how the world works, and it dispels ignorance in a really interesting and dynamic way.”

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John MacRonald

Well done and well deserved, Ms. Harrell! I look back and fondly remember the teachers who really taught me something; who made the topic /issue so interesting and so alive, that it stays with me to this day. Congratulations on being one of those teachers.

Diane Eriksson

Congratulations! What a wonderful gift you are giving to our kids!

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