Rene Berlingieri, who teaches Grades 3 and 4 at St. Hubert School, has been named Sault Ste. Marie's Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year.
Mrs. B. was nominated by her student, Dalton Povey (shown with her in our photo).
To see the letter that Dalton wrote explaining why his teacher is very special, please click here.
Mrs. Berlingieri was presented with the award at her school, with the store manager and other Wal-Mart associates on hand for the occasion.
She received $1,000 to be spent at Wal-Mart for her school.