Tiger teacher top three

Encampment K-12 School English teacher Leslie McLinskey made the top three for Wyoming Teacher of the Year award.

McLinskey was named Carbon County School District No. 2 Teacher of the Year last year, after being nominated by Pam Kraft, former art teacher at Encampment K-12 School. McLinskey began teaching at Encampment K-12 School in 2002, and attended Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, where she received degrees in English and education.

After receiving District Teacher of the Year, McLinskey said she was surprised to make it into the top-three for state, out of many nominated teachers from...