WAITSBURG – Waitsburg fourth grade teacher Deanna Coulston has reason to celebrate. After three years of hard work, Coulston is now certified as a National Board Middle Childhood Generalist.

National Board Certification is the highest professional distinction available in education, according to Waitsburg Superintendent Jon Mishra, who congratulated Coulston at the January school board meeting.

Coulston said she was willing to work around her job and family to pursue National Board certification to improve her practice and to challenge herself.

"I believe that being an educator is eviden...