Richfield Educator Up for Let's Dish Teacher of the Year Award

Richfield High School special education teacher Kim Daraitis has been nominated for the Let's Dish Teacher of the Year award.

Let's Dish has six locations in Minnesota, where customers can come and prepare meals to freeze and eat at home. A winning teacher will be selected for each of Let's Dish's Minnesota locations. The top vote-getters will receive eight meal sessions at Let’s Dish.

The following is Daraitis' nomination on the Let's Dish voting page:

Kim Daraitis, Richfield Senior High School, Richfield, Special Education
Kim has been a wonderful special education teacher for the last 20 years. Every day she teaches 5 different classes. Recently she even taught seven children with autism to make grilled cheese and soup for lunch. Parents love her for her great heart and ongoing communication. She is a great teacher and mother and well deserving of this award!

The Let’s Dish program allows community members to nominate a deserving teacher. Then, residents vote for their favorite teacher online. In 2012, according to Let’s Dish, 260 teachers were nominated and 14,000 people voted.

You can vote for Daraitis until April 30 on the Let's Dish website:

• Go to letsdish.com/mnteachers/;
• Select "Edina" from the regional drop-down menu;
• Select your pick by marking the button to the left of the nominee's name.

Winners will be announced in early May.

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