Posted on June 7, 2004 at 1:31 p.m.

BIRMINGHAM, AL — Ramsay High School English teacher Emily Norton has received the Advanced Placement (AP) English Teacher Award. The prize was presented to her at the Haggerty High School Articulation Conference held earlier this spring at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. The conference is sponsored by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of English and the English Department Advisory Board.

The AP English Teacher award is designed to honor a teacher who models the personal dedication and professionalism of a successful AP English teacher.

The award includes a $500 cash prize and a $200 gift certificate from The Alabama Booksmith. This is the second year for the award.

Norton teaches three advanced placement English classes at Ramsay. She has been teaching for nearly 25 years.

Nominees for the Haggarty High School Articulation prize are judged on their course syllabus, sample assignments that demonstrate a creative approach to teaching and students’ writing samples. Winners are selected by members of the UAB Department of English faculty and the English Department Advisory Board.

The conference is named after John J. Haggerty, an associate professor emeritus and former chairman of the Department of English. Haggerty established the conference in 1975 to promote communication and interaction between UAB English faculty and English teachers in the Birmingham public schools.