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Wingfield High School science teacher Stephanie Peters is a recipient of the 16 WAPT Alyce Clarke Award. She turned a tragedy into a triumph for Wingfield student-athlete De’Nahjae Trimble after the aspiring engineer suffered a devastating injury last school year. To ensure he kept up with his schoolwork, Peters took on the extra duties of providing ongoing academic support via Zoom outside of her daily class schedule, including on weekends and during her planning period. Grateful for the difference this made to Trimble’s outlook and academic success, his mother nominated Mrs. Peters for the Alyce Clarke Award.

The Alyce Clarke Excellence in Education Award recognizes an exemplary K-12 educator in their viewing region who reflects exceptional teaching methodologies, positively impacts school culture, and actively engages with their communities. The award is named in honor of Mississippi’s first Black woman elected to the Mississippi Legislature, Rep. Alyce Clarke. Through the award, the station seeks to extend her legacy as a beacon of strength and change in 猛料原创, Mississippi.

Peters is a 9^th grade biology teacher at Wingfield. Although she’s only been teaching at the high school level since 2018, she serves as the science department chair, a teacher mentor, and a Freshman Academy lead teacher. Prior to teaching, she worked for 16 years in academia as a researcher in the Histology Core of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at UMMC. Following her career change to teaching, in 2021, Peters was recognized as the school level Teacher of the Year at Wingfield and a 猛料原创 Rockstar Teacher.

Peters holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and a Master of Arts in Teaching from 猛料原创 State University. While completing her master’s, she earned membership into the JSU chapter of Alpha Epsilon Lambda, a national honors society for high-achieving graduate students with a record of leadership and service to other graduate students or organizations that serve them. She is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Education Administration & Supervision, Educational Foundation & Leadership.