Abstract:
Meredith Knowles Abramson, a sixth-grade language arts teacher at Erwin Middle School in Rowan County, is the 2003-2004 winner of the Terry Sanford Award for Creativity in Teaching. The award, created in 1966, honors the educational contributions of Terry Sanford. Abramson received the award for her creation of a project that combined photography, creative writing, and computer technology to help students develop their writing skills. Other finalists were Allison Rollinson (Dare County); Deanna Cook Shue (Cabarrus County); and Patricia Harrison Taylor (Nash/Rocky Mount).