By MICHAEL KITCH, LACONIA DAILY SUNLACONIA — Monday was proclaimed "Tate Aldrich Day" in the city as the City Council honored the graduate of Laconia High School who, after returning to his alma mater and joining the English Department, was named New Hampshire Teacher of the Year for 2017. Reading a proclamation, Mayor Ed Engler noted that Aldrich graduated from Laconia High School in 2004 and from the University of New Hampshire in 2008, and began teaching the next year. He has also coached boy's varsity lacrosse and junior varsity basketball as well as girls' junior varsity soccer and girls' varsity basketball. Aldrich, who said earlier that juggling the responsibilities of the honor with his obligations as a teacher has posed a challenge, offered his brief remarks and wished the mayor "a happy Tate Aldrich Day." Tate Aldrich of Laconia High School, left, the New Hampshire Teacher of the Year, was honored by Mayor Ed Engler, right, and the City Council on Monday, which was proclaimed "Tate Aldrich Day" in Laconia.

Source: Daily Sun October 26, 2016 07:49 UTC