Student Celebrations
Roosevelt High teacher named finalist for Civic Educator of the Year award
Roosevelt High School teacher Tom Nolet was named a Finalist for the Civic Educator of the Year award sponsored by the Washington State Legislature.
He was recognized for his leadership and dedication in co-founding Hands for a Bridge at Roosevelt High School and inspiring a decade of Roosevelt students to explore, learn about and creatively work to challenge racial, religious and other divides in our culture and in other cultures across the globe.
Nolet, chair of the Language Arts Department at Roosevelt, was nominated by Reps. Phyllis Kenney and Gerry Pollet, and Sen. David Frockt.
“It took hundreds of hours of his own time, and organizing and involving other Roosevelt teachers and the Comparitive History of Ideas program at the University of Washington to create the curriculum and model for Hands for a Bridge,” according to the nominating papers.
“Over the decade, Tom Nolet’s tireless dedication has changed the lives of hundreds of students by involving them in not only learning about, but taking action to address racial, religious and other divisions in our society, in South Africa and Northern Ireland. The students’ time and work have changed the lives of thousands of others,” according to the nomination.