The Presidential Award is a humbling honor recognizing my dedication to helping students learn over my career. I feel that the award is not just a recognition for myself, but for my school and district, as it is a K-12 accomplishment to help all students achieve success. My success is a product of the preparation the students have from being in Lincoln Public Schools.

Paul Ruhle Lincoln, RI | 7-12, Mathematics, 2021

The official biography below was current at the time of the award.

Paul Ruhle has taught mathematics at Lincoln High School for 21 years. As the high school department chair, Paul not only has the opportunity to teach secondary mathematics classes, but also to work with his amazing colleagues on curriculum, instruction, and assessment. He currently teaches 9th-12th grade students in Algebra II and Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus. Over the past several years, Paul's AP Calculus AB and BC classes have consistently achieved outstanding results on the AP exams. Students have expressed their appreciation for the preparation for college after taking the courses. Paul brings in guest speakers from various STEM fields to speak with his students. They talk about their career arc and how STEM is applied in their work. In the last decade, Paul has mentored several groups of students in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest. The students have represented the state of Rhode Island three times as the representatives in the national STEM contest. In 2021, Paul was selected as the District Teacher of the Year. With that distinction, he was able to work collaboratively with other District Teachers of the Year throughout the state on different aspects of education. Paul has a B.B.A. in finance from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and an M.A. from the University of Rhode Island in secondary mathematics education.

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