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Ferris High Teacher of the Year Mandy Manning meets with President Trump

President Donald Trump presents the National Teacher of the Year award to Mandy Manning, a teacher at Newcomer Center at Joel E. Ferris High School in Spokane, Wash., in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 2, 2018. (Carolyn Kaster / AP)
From staff reports

Ferris High School teacher Mandy Manning was honored today by President Donald Trump at a White House ceremony.

Manning was named the National Teacher of the Year last month.

“Mandy took her passion for education from the Peace Corps to Joel E. Ferris High School in Spokane, Wash., where she has been teaching English and math for the past six years,” Trump said as he introduced Manning to the audience.

Trump pronounced Spokane Spo-KANE.

He added: “Her incredible devotion has earned her the adoration – total adoration, actually – and respect of students and colleagues throughout her school district, community and the entire state.”

Manning teaches at the school’s Newcomer Center for immigrants and refugees.