AWARD-WINNING EDUCATION RECOGNIZED AT CURRY SCHOOL

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Dec. 16 -- The Virginia Association
for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (VAHPERD), a
state organization for public schools, has recognized two
individuals for outstanding achievement in physical education at the
University of Virginia's Curry School of Education.  Honored are
Joshua Antoncic, a student majoring in physical education, and Pam
Walker, a clinical instructor.
	Antoncic received the Frances A. Mayes Outstanding Physical
Education Major Award.  The WEST MIFFLIN, PA native was selected
from 25 applicants for his academic performance, leadership,
outstanding achievement and service to the University and
community.  He will graduate in 1996 from the Curry School's
five-year teacher-education program with both a Bachelor of Arts and
a Master of Teaching degree.
	Walker, who earned a M.Ed degree from the Curry School in
1981, received the Outstanding Elementary Physical Education Award.
According to the award citation, Walker was selected on the basis of
her creative teaching methods, leadership and contributions to U.Va.
and the community.
	Although Walker teaches physical education, she integrates
other subjects, such as geography, science and mathematics, into her
classes.  For example, at Red Hill Elementary School in North Garden
where Walker teaches, she uses a world map painting on the gymnasium
wall and a mural of the solar system to supplement students'
learning.  During exercises students count the seconds by states or
planets while they are holding a stretch.
	Walker has also organized an unusual cross-country running
club for her students.  As they run around the black-top, she
calculates the corresponding mileage of distance in a travel log and
tracts it on a map of the United States so that her students can see
how far they have run collectively.
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December 15, 1995
	FOR MORE INFORMATION, contact Ann Boyce of the Curry School
of Education at (804) 924-6186.