Jim Wendel was named Teacher of the Year for Navarre High School and, as is tradition, he was handed a velvet picture of Elvis to display proudly in his classroom. He’s in the running now for Santa Rosa County’s top teacher.
But Wendel believes that the Navarre award was more for his curriculum than for him personally.
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