Middle School students across the Island are being asked to put their favourite teachers in line for a top award.

The Learning Disabilities Association of Bermuda has put out the request after launching its Middle School Teacher of the Year Contest.

A spokesman for the association said: “We are inviting all middle school students to submit entries that express the unique qualities of their favourite teacher.”

Entries may be in writing or audio/visual format including but not limited to essay, poem, song, PowerPoint presentation or skit and should be submitted electronically to csousa@ldab.org or by mail to LDAB, PO Box HM 350 Hamilton, HM JX.

The student who supplies the winning nomination will receive an Apple iPad, while the winning teacher receives an all-expenses paid trip to the Learning Disabilities Association of America’s 2015 Annual International Conference in Chicago next February.

The deadline for entries is May 7, 2014