Quaker Foundation teaching award nominations open The Times-Reporter The Quaker Foundation has opened nominations for its Dr. William J. and Mae Hurst Jackson Award for Distinguished Teaching at New Philadelphia City Schools. The award is an annual recognition of and incentive for superior teaching in the district. Two winners will be selected and each will receive an award of $6,000. Eligible teachers/educators must be currently active in the New Philadelphia classroom in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 or have direct day-to-day educational contact with students. They must also have taught in the New Philadelphia City Schools for five years or more. Physical forms are available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays through Fridays at the Quaker Foundation Office, 124 N. Broadway St., New Philadelphia.