Super duper Cooper

"When Shelly finished her contract at Sinclair, the principal said she was the only teacher there that had never been any complaints," Jeanette Fischer, Medicine Bow resident and former teacher in Medicine Bow Elementary School (MBES) said. "The parents, the students, the school and community all loved her, just like they do here. She just has a way about her."

On May 23, Shelly Cooper was honored as "Teacher of the Year" for Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) in a ceremony at MBES.

Cooper had no idea she had been selected and was led into the MBES gym by principal Traci Schneider and...