Thomas Lauth, middle school social studies teacher at Trinity School in Ellicott City, has been named the winner of the Veterans of Foreign War Post 219's Teacher of the Year Award for sixth to eighth grades. Lauth is also under consideration for the national award from the VFW. Lauth has been in the field of education for 40 years and on the faculty of Trinity School since 2003.

The VFW's National Citizenship Education Teachers' Award has been recognizing the nation's top elementary, junior high and high school teachers who teach citizenship education topics regularly and promote America's history and traditions since 1999.

"He is a well-planned, authentic and exceptionally creative teacher. He shares his love of history with his students and believes that studying the past gives more understanding to our country and world today," said Sister Catherine Phelps, Trinity's principal.

Elise Liberto, an eighth-grade student at Trinity School, was awarded first place in the VFW Post 219 Patriot's Pen contest and placed second at the state level.

Patriot's Pen, a youth essay writing contest endorsed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals, is a nationwide competition that gives students in grades six, seven and eight the opportunity to write essays expressing their views on democracy. More than 115,000 students participate in the contest each year.

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