Battle Ground teacher honored by local history group

Battle Ground — Chief Umtuch Middle School history teacher Beth Doughty was earned the 2019 Dr. Tom and Betty Lawrence American History Teacher Award by the Fort Vancouver chapter of Sons of the American Revolution. The chapter also named CAM Academy senior Brooklyn Mueller as its local winner of the 2019 George S. & Stella M. Knight Essay Award for her essay on the role spies played during the American Revolution. Last year, Doughty was one of 114 teachers selected for a National History Day scholarship program Legacies of World War I, a partnership between the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission and National History Day. Was also named 2017 Washington History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. For more information on the local chapter of Sons of the American Revolution, visit www.washingtonsar.org/fort-vancouver.html.