SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle high school Latin teacher has won one of the nation's top Latin-teaching awards.

The Seattle Times (http://is.gd/KCm8jl ) reports it's the first time in more than a decade that the honor has gone to an educator on the West Coast.

Nora MacDonald has taught Latin at Seattle's Roosevelt High School for 35 years. On Saturday she will be receive one of two pre-collegiate Latin teaching awards from the two top national classics organizations.

MacDonald is one of just a handful of Latin teachers left at Washington state public schools. She has spent her career keeping the Latin program alive at the high school where she was first exposed to the language.

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Information from: The Seattle Times, http://www.seattletimes.com