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Washougal educator is a state finalist for the 2025 Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching

Washougal High School teacher William Baur has been named as a nominee for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching, the nation’s highest honor for K–12 math and science teachers.

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Washougal High School teacher William Baur, center, hands out worksheets to students in a sophomore biology class on May 15 at Washougal High School. Baur is a nominee for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Washougal High School teacher William Baur, center, hands out worksheets to students in a sophomore biology class on May 15 at Washougal High School. Baur is a nominee for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Washougal High School teacher William Baur. stands for a portrait May 15 at Washougal High School. Baur is a nominee for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Washougal High School teacher William Baur. stands for a portrait May 15 at Washougal High School. Baur is a nominee for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

Washougal High School science teacher William Baur is a state finalist for the 2025 Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching, an annual program administered by the National Science Foundation on behalf of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Four other Washington educators join Baur as finalists for this year’s presidential award — Erin Lark, a science teacher at Skyview High School in Vancouver; Angela Ensminger, a middle school teacher at St. Madeleine Sophie Catholic School in Bellevue; John Hildenbrand, a math teacher at Stanwood High School in Stanwood; and Colleen LaMotte, a science teacher at Einstein Middle School in Shoreline.

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