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South Tech Social Studies teacher Mr. Cox has recieved a very prestigious award from the Florida Govenor’s Award Program. Mr. Cox has been very sucessful in creating interdisciplinary projects that combine content area research with literacy and mathematics skills. The following is from an email by South Tech Vice Principal Lisa Chirikjian:

“Congratulations to our very own Mr. Cox!

Mr. Cox has been invited to attend the Florida Council of Economic Education’s annual Florida Governor’s Awards Program. The FCEE holds this Awards ceremony to recognize outstanding Economics teachers in Florida. Mr. Cox has been chosen to attend this event for outstanding lesson plans and Economics projects which were submitted to their organization. A panel of business and government officials selected Mr. Cox’s lessons and projects to be considered as a semi-finalist for the Awards presentations. Mr. Cox was honored at last year’s conference for his ‘Create a business ‘ project and this year he submitted his ‘Financial Pyramid of Investments’ project and lesson plans, which placed him as a semi-finalist for Economics teacher of the year.”