Jim Rice, director of Inglemoor High School’s orchestra and jazz ensembles, was selected as the Washington Music Educators Association’s Northlake Region Outstanding Music Educator. The award will be presented at the Washington Music Educators Conference in February 2012.
Rice was selected by his peers in the Northlake Region, which encompasses the Northshore and Lake Washington school districts, for being a master teacher who demonstrates the highest educational standards in music education.
In 2011, Rice was awarded the Northwest Division Distinguished Music Educators Service Award. Rice has been a teacher in the Northshore School District for 19 years.