MOUNT VERNON — Mount Vernon City Schools, District #80, has announced the recognition of a district teacher for excellence as an educator.

Pamela Burns, a Fourth Grade teacher at J.L. Buford Intermediate Center, will receive an “Award of Excellence as an Early Career Educator” from the Illinois State Board of Education Those Who Excel/Teacher of the Year Program.

The award is given to teachers in their second to fifth years of teaching and publicly recognizes the accomplishments of a teacher in the early years of their teaching career.

Burns will accept her award at the Teacher of the Year Banquet on October 20th in Bloomington, Illinois.