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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE N.R. #288, 5/26/04 Date: May 26, 2004
VISION TEACHER SEES EXCEPTIONAL TEACHER AWARD Peggy Friedman, a vision teacher and mobility specialist for Prince William County Public Schools since 1999, has been selected as one of the two winners of the 2004 Exceptional Teacher Award sponsored by the Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic of Metropolitan Washington. Nominated for the award by one of her students, she is described as someone who made a difference in the student’s life by helping her become an independent person. “She is not only a teacher, but a friend and a mentor. She is a true inspiration to others,” said the student. Former Washington Post columnist Bob Levey presented Friedman with the Exceptional Teacher Award at the City Museum of Washington, D.C. on Saturday, May 15, 2004. Friedman has battled two bouts of cancer in 2001 and 2003, and now is cancer free. Also in 2003, she had a below the knee amputation caused by a crushing injury she received five years ago. She volunteers at Walter Reed Medical Hospital to help military members adjust to their new amputations. A graduate of Kutetown University with a double major in Vision Impairment
Education and Elementary Education, Friedman studied at Oxford University
on a cultural exchange scholarship. She earned a master’s degree
with two majors, in Orientation and Mobility and Adult Rehabilitation.
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