ROCKY HILL SCHOOL teacher Charlie Laurent, left, was a recipient of the Henry Ford's Innovation Nation Teacher Innovator Award. Above, Laurent assembles a Ford Model T at the Henry Ford in Dearborn, Mich. / COURTESY ROCKY HILL SCHOOL
EAST GREENWICH – Charlie Laurent, a fourth-grade teacher at Rocky Hill School, has been awarded the Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation Teacher Innovator Award grand prize. Laurent was one of 10 teachers recognized nationally this year. He was selected for his project called “Caretakers of History,” in which Laurent’s students partnered with Smith’s Castle in North…