Two Northfield Teachers Selected for National Program

Among 300 other applicants, Northfield Sunset Ridge School teachers Michele Widdes and Linda Polak were selectively chosen to participate in the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Summer Teacher Institute. 

The five day program for K-12 educators will be held July 16-20, in Washington D.C., according to a news release from the Library of Congress.

Those who take part in the program work with library education specialists that help to enhance classroom teaching and allow exposure to historical documents and artifacts housed at the Library of Congress, the release says. 

Participants, who are library media specialists, school administrators and classroom teachers, also are taught how to better engage students and help them think more critically in the ways they learn and process information. 

Educators who go through the teacher's institute program are encouraged to bring the knowledge back to their school districts to benefit other school personnel, according to the release. 

The Library of Congress serves the public, members of Congress, their staffs and scholars, and is considered the nation's oldest federal, cultural institution.  

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