By SHERIDAN ROY STAFF WRITER Southington Public Schools announced that Heather Allenback can add another designation to her belt: 2020 Teacher of the Year. Allenback is a social studies teacher at Southington High School, advanced placement psychology teacher, and head coach of the high school cheerleading team. Allenback has been teaching in Southington since 1995. Allenback attributes her love of social studies to being part of a military family with a vast appreciation for history. “I am the daughter of a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force—an occupation that led to a mobile lifestyle for my entire youth,” she said. “My father is a major history buff, so it was not uncommon that I talked to him about what he was reading at the time, or for the family to stop at a historical marker.” Throughout her childhood, she lived in 17 different states before the age of 17. “I developed a great appreciation for not only the diversity of our country, but also the incredibly important role teachers and schools play in the lives of young people,” said Allenback. “Unlike many individuals in Connecticut, I never had that one place to call ‘home’—that one address that I always […]
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