Heather Dipasquale, Todd County Middle School Band Director and Assistant High School Band Director for Todd County Central High School was recently selected as a quarterfinalist for the prestigious Music Educator Award presented by the Recording Academy and the Grammy Museum for a second year in a row.
The annual Music Educator Award was established to recognize current educators, from kindergarten through college, who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of music education and who demonstrate a commitment to the broader cause of maintaining music education in the schools.
After intensive review of more than 3,300 nationwide educators, Mrs. Dipasquale was notified that she was selected as one of the remaining 189 music teachers named as quarterfinalists. Semifinalists will be determined this fall, announced in September.