Falls Church resident Irene Sakkas, an elementary school teacher at Community Academy Public Charter School in Northwest Washington, has been awarded a national grant by the Association of American Educators Foundation to purchase a laminating machine and other supplies for her classroom. The laminator will increase the life of her classroom materials.

The Association of American Educators Foundation is a non-profit charitable foundation that provides the public and public school teachers with educational information in an effort to reform and improve the education of America’s youth.