Dr. Dee Fowler, superintendent of Madison City Schools, was named superintendent of the year by the Alabama PTA. Carrie Sanders, a clerical aid and crossing guard at Discovery Middle School, was named support staff/non-certified worker of the year.

The awards were presented Saturday night at the Alabama PTA’s annual convention in Birmingham. Sonja Griffith, president of the Madison City Council of PTAs, and several Madison City Board of Education members were among those in attendance. Honorees were selected from an application and recommendation letters from the respective District that outline their outstanding contributions. In announcing Fowler for the award, the presenter recited a quote from a Nov. 2011 Madison Record in which Fowler said, “Teaching was in my DNA. I was born with chalk in my blood.” It was a reference to a long line of family members as educators.

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A Madison schoolteacher is one of five state finalists for a top presidential teaching award.

Kim Bowen, first grade teacher at Rainbow Elementary School, is a nominee for the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). The award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government specifically for K-12 teachers in those disciplines.

Bowen, an educator with more than 25 years of experience, is a National Board Certified Teacher and is a finalist for her math teaching proficiency. She is a certified instructor for Mathematical Perspectives and Mathematics Their Way. As such, she leads educational courses nationwide to assist educators in how to teach and assess mathematics for understanding. She was the 2007-08 district wide elementary teacher of the year for Madison City Schools.