A Frisco ISD teacher who started her career only last fall has earned a statewide teaching honor from Humanities Texas.
Casey Narzem, who teaches eighth-grade U.S. history at Hunt Middle School, has received a 2026 Award for Outstanding Early-Career Teaching, the district announced Monday. The award recognizes contributions to humanities education by teachers who have three or fewer years in the classroom.
The honor carries money for both the teacher and the school. Narzem will receive $5,000, and Hunt will receive $1,000 to buy instructional materials tied to the humanities. She is scheduled to be recognized at an awards ceremony this fall; the district did not give a date.
Narzem is a product of the district herself, having attended Pink Elementary and Griffin Middle School before graduating from Wakeland High School. As a Wakeland senior she worked as a classroom intern at Griffin through the education pathway at Frisco ISD's Career and Technical Education Center.
She later earned her degree at the University of North Texas, completed her teaching certification and did her student teaching at Clark Middle School.
"Casey has a special talent for making history come alive," Patience LeBlanc, the district's social studies coordinator, said in the announcement.
