Public school teachers recognized

Three Cambridge public school teachers received the Crystal Award for Preeminence in Teaching at a ceremony hosted by Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers at the Harvard Faculty Club Wednesday, May 22. Alan Stone, vice president for Government, Community and Public Affairs at Harvard, presented awards to winners Carol Siriani, social studies teacher at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School; Eva Jablonsky, sixth-grade teacher at the Fitzgerald School; and Carol Gavin, special education teacher at the King School. Established by the Cambridge Partnership for Public Education to recognize and reward outstanding teachers in the Cambridge Public Schools, the Crystal Award bestows on the winners a $2,000 cash award, a Waterford crystal clock, and membership on the Superintendent’s Task Force for the Advancement of Teaching. In addition, six finalists receive $250 each for a classroom project or field trip.