Hazelwood West teachers Chris Link and Christina Hughes have been selected as two of the five winners of the 2011 St. Louis Science Center/Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Prize for Excellence in Teaching Science and Mathematics.

Link teaches seventh-grade science at Hazelwood West Middle School. Hughes teaches biology and the Project Lead the Way biomedical course at Hazelwood West High School.

The Loeb Prize rewards teachers who significantly enhance their students’ performances. 

The Loeb Prize, established in 1996 and endowed in 2002, honors effective teaching as a central component of quality education.