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Update: 49ers Honor East Palo Alto Teacher
The San Francisco 49ers call EPA teacher a 'classroom hero.'
The San Francisco 49ers this morning named an East Palo Alto woman as the first of 16 Bay Area teachers as a "classroom hero" during the upcoming 2011 NFL season.
Representatives from the 49ers and Washington-based Symetra Financial announced that Harmony Hayes, a sixth-grade language and social studies teacher at the 49ers Academy, is the first Bay Area honoree of the Symetra Heroes in the Classroom program.
The program honors exceptional K-12 teachers who have shown the ability to achieve long-term success in their students' education.
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"It is very fitting to honor Harmony Hayes as the first recipient of the award, a teacher who I have witnessed first-hand demonstrate an undeniable passion for the power of education," 49ers owner and co-chairman John York said in a statement.
The winning teachers, who can be nominated through the program's website, symetra.com/heroes/FortyNiners, will receive $1,000 for classroom supplies and tickets to a 2011 49ers game, and will be honored on the video screen at Candlestick Park during the game.
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The 49ers are sponsoring the program along with Symetra Financial and Wells Fargo Bank.
—Bay City News Service
