<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Brie Slavens, an eight grade student at Woodland Middles School, left, visits with Lisa Lawhead Monday after the school's news channel, Woodland One, in conjunction with Numerica Credit Union, Silverwood Theme Park and KXLY, presented Lawhead with the First Class School Champion Award. Slavens wrote in a nomination essay, "Mrs. Lawhead strives to understand the way we think, which makes it possible for us to learn from her and feel safe trustin…

May 16, 2011