Kraft earns Arch Coal award

An Encampment School art teacher is ending her career on a high note after receiving the Arch Coal Teacher Achievement Award.

“It was pretty thrilling,” Kraft said. “It was really the frosting on the cake. After a wonderful career like this, it felt really good I was going on a high note.”

Kraft was one of only 10 teachers in the state to receive the award, and only one of two in Carbon County, according to Arch Coal’s website.

Kraft, along with nine other teachers, were awarded at a ceremony May 1 with a plaque, trophy and $3,500 dollars from the Arch Coal Foundation.

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