Green Valley band director state’s top teacher

Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1998 | 9:22 a.m.

"Give them the opportunity to succeed, and they will very rarely disappoint," Koutsulis wrote in her application for Nevada Teacher of the Year.

The concept was a winner, and so is Koutsulis.

She was named the state's top teacher on Monday, after previously being named the Clark County School District's Teacher of the Year.

She now moves on to compete for national honors.

Koutsulis teaches her students to be responsible, and to remember that everyone's contribution counts.

"Frankly, the band wouldn't be anything, if not for her," said senior Kendal Frankiewich, trombone player and band board president. "She knows her stuff and she knows us."

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