Christine Guidry Law - Louisiana History Teacher of the Year

Christine Guidry Law
Christine Guidry Law

In July the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History selected Christine Guidry Law of Zachary, Louisiana as the Louisiana History Teacher of the Year. Christine is truly dedicated to her students and to ensuring that each receives both a quality and an interesting educational experience. This is a well-deserved and an earned honor for Christine.

Many of you may remember Christine. In October 2015 Christine and her family entertained us at our Guédry & Petitpas Reunion in Henderson, Louisiana with wonderful Cajun music. Christine's Cajun band - Chére Mom Family Cajun Band - includes Christine on diatonic accordion and voice, her daughter LeeAnn Law on fiddle, other instruments and voice, her son Taylor Law on bass guitar and her husband Wallace Law on rhythm guitar. And then at our August 2019 Guédry & Petitpas Reunion on Prince Edward Island, Canada, we heard Chére Mom with Christine and her family and including Emily Simon (percussion) provide great Cajun music and old-time stories of growing up with Cajun music at home. Some of you may have even heard Chére Mom on the Louisiana Stage in Moncton, New Brunswick during the Congrès Mondial Acadien in August 2019. The CMA invited them to play for the entire CMA audience.

During our 2019 Reunion the Board of Directors of Les Guédry et Petitpas d'Asteur installed Christine into the Les Guédry et Petitpas d'Asteur Circle of Distinction for her many accomplishments promoting her Acadian and Mi'kmaq heritage and our family.

Her 2020 Louisiana History Teacher of the Year selection includes:

Additionally, Christine is now one of 53 finalists for the $10,000 National History Teacher of the Year Award to be announced in early Fall 2020. Bonne chance, Christine!!!