...Bethany Nyboer, Sarah Riley, Trina Uvaas and Susie Ward serving Sterling Elementary. A team at Soldotna Elementary, Tina Gilman, Kristin Sisneros and Zita Spann, also were recognized as nominees for the award. "For so long our students have...

...Autism in the classroom At school, Garrett works one-on-one with Kenai Peninsula Borough special education teacher Tina Gilman and uses a special curriculum, the Treatment and Education of Autistic and related-Communication Handicapped, or...

Editor's note: This is the final part of a three-part series exploring autism in the community. In Tina Gilman's classroom at Soldotna Elementary, fingerprinted masterpieces of Easter eggs and flowers hang on the wall. There's a lofted...