McMichael Middle School teacher Pedro Tovar has been ranked fourth among 6,000 English as a Second Language teachers in Texas schools. Those schools represent around 300 districts in the state.
The second-year teacher received the recognition this week from Texas Bilingual Education Association during an event held in McAllen.
Tovar works with students newly arrived in the district and is credited with using innovative teaching methods to help student achieve high marks in the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System.