{"id":50679,"date":"2025-05-02T12:37:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T18:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/concurrentenrollment\/?p=50679"},"modified":"2025-06-05T15:53:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T21:53:28","slug":"kelli-scimeca-receives-west-ada-teacher-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/concurrentenrollment\/2025\/05\/02\/kelli-scimeca-receives-west-ada-teacher-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelli Scimeca Receives West Ada Teacher of the Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/concurrentenrollment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/434\/2025\/05\/Kelli-Scimeca-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Kelli and Jason\" class=\"wp-image-50680\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:664px;height:664px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Centennial High School English instructor Kelli Scimeca (left) and Principal Jason Robarge at the West Ada awards ceremony on April 26. Photo provided by Centennial High Patriots Instagram (@centennialhighpatriots).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Concurrent Enrollment Program (CEP) is pleased to announce that Centennial High School English instructor Kelli Scimeca received the West Ada School District\u2019s high school teacher of the year award on April 26.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scimeca received nominations from her fellow Centennial instructors and was selected from the district\u2019s executive committee.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a huge honor obviously,\u201d Scimeca said. \u201cIt\u2019s great to know that people see the work that you\u2019re doing. Centennial hasn\u2019t won for a while at the West Ada level, so I\u2019m proud to represent Centennial for winning that. It\u2019s exciting, it\u2019s huge and it\u2019s good to see that our school\u2019s being recognized for what\u2019s happening over here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scimeca teaches the year-long Literature and Ideas (ENGL 175) concurrent enrollment course through Boise State. Her award is also credited with other academic and extracurricular involvements, including her leadership roles in the English Language Arts (ELA) department, musical theatre department, National Honors Society, freshmen orientation and AVID, the Advancement Via Individual Determination (ACAD 101) course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ACAD 101 teaches first generation students about college and career readiness. It includes college visits as well as tips on essay writing, scholarship applications, resume building and letters of recommendation. Scimeca will teach the course for the Concurrent Enrollment Program next academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scimeca\u2019s also seen growth in concurrent enrollment participation. What started as one section of her ENGL 175 course will become five this fall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s so great to be able to get your high school and college credit at the same time,&#8221; Scimeca said. &#8220;It seems like a no-brainer to me. If you have to take English anyway, you might as well take concurrent enrollment and get college credit out of the way.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more about the Concurrent Enrollment Program\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/concurrentenrollment\/students-and-parents\/ce-high-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">participating high schools, courses and instructors<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Concurrent Enrollment Program (CEP) is pleased to announce that Centennial High School English instructor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3410,"featured_media":50680,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1594],"tags":[1597,1602],"class_list":["post-50679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-instructor-spotlight","tag-concurrent-enrollment","tag-english"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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