The Illinois Science Teaching Association (ISTA) has selected Cambridge Lakes Charter School teacher Rachel Kurtz as the 2024 ISTA Middle School Educator Award winner.
Kurtz has been an educator for over 10 years and has been teaching for five years at the Pingree Grove charter school, which is open to students in Algonquin-based District 300. Her focus has been on teaching middle school science to seventh and eighth graders.
On Monday, Oct. 14, Kurtz will be presented the award at the Annual ISTA Membership Meeting at Northern Illinois University…