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Parker Junior High, Serena Hills staffers honored with Those Who Excel awards

The Illinois State Board of Education has selected two District 161 staff members to receive special recognition through the Those Who Excel program.

Honorees are Dana King, a school social worker at Parker Junior High in Flossmoor, and Kelsey Molden, a special education teacher at Serena Hills School in Chicago Heights. 

King is honored in the Student Support Personnel category, and Molden in the Early Career Educator special recognition category open to staff with fewer…

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