245 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 10 DUNELAND SCHOOL CORPORAT ION ProudPartners InspIre • engage • empower of the Year finalists. He notes that in 2021, Bob DeRuntz, a social studies teacher from Chesterton High School, ranked among the top ten finalists in the Statewide Teacher of the Year recognition program. Furthermore, in 2022, Becky Holman secured a position as a top 25 finalist in that very program. Pettit also highlights the schools recent recognition as further proof of its leading and innovative educational approach with Cognia® naming Duneland School Corporation (DSC) a 2023 Cognia® School system of Distinction for excellence in education. He illustrates that this year Cognia, the global nonprofit school improvement organization, recognized 33 schools and school systems in the United States and in four other countries across the globe as 2023 Cognia Schools or Systems of Distinction.
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