Dr. Angello Villarreal, a Spanish teacher at Freehold Township High School, has been named an ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) Champion in Education. The Champion in Education is a new program that identifies and supports mid-career educators to meet their professional goals of having a positive impact on the students they serve and the communities in which they live.

According to the program's administrators, Dr. Villarreal "is uniquely qualified to benefit from, and contribute to, this program. His efforts to make a difference in the lives of his students and his colleagues at Freehold Regional High School District are noteworthy, and he has had the same effect as an ASCD Emerging Leader."

Dr. Villarreal also presented "The Teacher Leader in You" at the recent New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) Annual Conference with the Middlesex County Teacher of the Year.