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HRVHS teacher named Nobel Educators Award finalist
Hood River Valley High
School teacher Dave Case
is up for an award from the
National Society of High
School Scholars (NSHSS), the
premier international honors
and scholarship program.
Case was named one of 20
Claes Nobel Educators of the
Year Award 2020 finalists.
These awards are present-
ed to exemplary educators
who have demonstrated an
outstanding and noteworthy
commitment to preparing
their students for success
inside and outside of the
classroom, according to a
press release.
According to Claes Nobel,
grand nephew of Alfred
Nobel, the program em-
braces his family’s tradition
of recognizing world class
minds and supports NSHSS’
vision to help students grow
and have a positive impact on
the global community.
“It’s an honor to get this
award. It’s a reflection of the
hard work everyone in our
district does, and the value
placed on education by our
community,” Case said. “My
wife (English teacher Chauna
Ramsey) and I have spent
our entire teaching careers in
Hood River, and any success
we have is because of the
support and trust placed
in us by the people of this
county. I think anyone who
has been in my classroom
will tell you I love my job,
and that’s what makes me a
successful teacher. I love the
job because of the people —
the students, my co-workers,
the community at large. That
means any award I get is
really an award for every-
one,” Case said in an email
last week. He has taught at
HRVHS for 28 years.
Teachers, principals,
counselors, and coaches are
recognized by the National
Society of High School
Scholars for excellence in and
out of the classroom, stated
the press release. “They are
role models who consistently
demonstrate stellar leader-
ship,” stated the press release.
“2020 has been a year of
challenges for countless peo-
ple, and none more so than
our country’s educators. Just
like their students, they’ve
been stretched to the limit in
order to provide excellence
in education, coaching,
counseling, and productive
instruction to students who
Hood River Valley High School teacher Dave Case with student Lily
Tomlinson during class in this 2019 photo.
Kirby Neumann-Rea photo
are, in many cases, frustrated,
anxious, de-motivated, and
even angry and depressed.
“Each year it is difficult
to select our winners out of
hundreds of compelling ap-
plications. This year’s candi-
dates raised the bar to a new
level we never could have
imagined. These 20 individ-
uals represent the finest in
education, coaching, coun-
seling, and support services
and, each in their own way,
have contributed to moti-
vation, role modeling, and
achievement,” said NSHSS
Co-founder James Lewis. “We
are honored to underscore
their contributions.”
To be eligible for Educators
of the Year, candidates must
be an NSHSS Educator
of Distinction and must
currently be working within
a public or private high
school in the United States or
abroad. NSHSS selects one
$5,000 award winner and sev-
eral $1,000 finalists in each
of five categories: Principal
of the Year, Counselor of the
Year, Teacher of the Year,
Band/Music Leader of the
Year, and Coach of the Year.
NSHSS is the premier in-
ternational honors and schol-
arship program co-founded
by Claes Nobel, the senior
member of the Nobel Prize
family, and James Lewis.
NSHSS offers a lifetime of
benefits, pairing the highest
performing students world-
wide with high school and
college scholarships, events,
connections, internships,
and career opportunities
that begin in high school and
carry on through college and
careers. For more informa-
tion, visit www.nshss.org.
Case has taught everything
from Driver Ed to freshman
English and AP U.S. History,
while also coaching several
sports. He also served as an
advisor to the school paper
and the Gender and Sexuality
Alliance. His favorite part of
teaching is building rela-
tionships with students then
seeing them grow into happy,
contributing members of the
community. He was named
2019 Regional Teacher of the
Year by Oregon Department
of Education.
Case added that, “Teaching
during Comprehensive
Distance Learning has been
rough. I feel like a first-year
teacher. I’ve been really
proud of my students. These
circumstances have forced
kids to actively pursue learn-
ing, and most of them are
doing that,” he said, prais-
ing district IT director Tod
Hilstad and staff. “Students
are overcoming obstacles
and finding creative solutions
to problems so that they can
get the education they need.
Hopefully, this experience
will create a unique level of
resilience in this generation.
I’ve also been impressed
in the way teachers have
stepped up to these challeng-
es, particularly young teach-
ers. They’ve really led the
way in helping older teachers
like me figure out how to
navigate the online-teaching
landscape.”
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