MATTAWA - Wahluke Junior High (WJH) teacher Myron Hamilton has received the Washington Industrial Technology Education Association (WITEA) Rookie of the Year Award.

As a second year teacher at Wahluke Junior High, Hamilton has been instrumental in promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education in addition to developing the Gateway to Technology courses at WJH.

Automation and Robotics coupled with Design and 3-D Modeling have given students the basic foundational tools needed to engage in learning leading toward careers in high tech fields

Hamilton is one of the advisers for Technology Student Association and the after school Robotics Club. He has taken a lead role in pioneering positive changes and programs for the Wahluke School District.