Abington Heights High School senior Rachel L. Ezrin has been selected as an American Council of Teachers of Russian Scholar Laureate for 2012.

Ezrin is a member of this highly select group of 41 Russian students from many secondary schools throughout the United States, all of whom were selected by their teachers and principals as the most outstanding Russian students of 2012 at their schools.

Ezrin will receive a certificate of the award signed by the President of the American Council of Teachers of Russian. She will, also, receive a special lapel pin to wear as a visible symbol of this award.

Abington Heights Russian teacher Amy Wojcik and Abington Heights High School have been recognized in a special section of the ACTR Letter. This professional newsletter is read by secondary and post-secondary teachers of Russian all over the United States and, also, is available on the website of the American Councils for International Education.