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Dr. Terry Eder, AP Music Theory teacher at Plano Senior High and Lead AP Music Theory Teacher for the O'Donnell Foundation was selected as runner-up to the 2009 O'Donnell Texas AP Teacher of the Year. Presented annually by the Communities Foundation of Texas, the O’Donnell Texas AP Teacher Award recognizes one AP teacher in a Texas public high school for remarkable contributions to their students and school, as well as to the teaching profession. Nominations for the award may be submitted by a teacher, administrator, AP student or parent of an AP student.The cash award is believed to be the largest individual prize offered to a public school educator in the UnitedStates.
“I was wowed, extremely humbled and highly honored to be recognized as a finalist for this award,” Eder said. “Especially since it’s named after the O’Donnells, who have helped more students take more challenging and rigorous courses in the fine arts.” View articles on the award by visiting the following links:

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