DURHAM, NC– Alec Virgil, known as a visionary teacher who challenges his students at Middle College High School to think and advocate for themselves, has been named the 2024-2025 DPS Teacher of the Year. The announcement was made at the district’s annual banquet honoring teaching excellence tonight at The Cotton Room venue in Durham.
An Honors Civic Literacy teacher, Virgil dedicates a great deal of his time to ensuring that students know the importance of not only how the justice system works, but also how their participation can make a difference.
Virgil developed an instructional unit that encouraged students to think about the issues that affect them personally and discuss them with each other. He also organized a Vision Board Celebration event for students to create a vision about what kind of world they would want for themselves and others…