WESTFIELD — The Optimist Club of Westfield currently is accepting nominations for the 26th Annual Intermediate School Outstanding Teacher Award. The deadline to submit nominations is Wednesday, April 10.

Two intermediate-school teachers — one each from Edison and Roosevelt Intermediate Schools — will be selected by a nominating committee to receive the award. Nominations should specify ways in which the teacher has demonstrated outstanding teaching, interest in children, and continued pursuit of professional growth.

The nominee must be a full-time teacher in the Westfield Public Schools in grades 6 to 8 for a minimum of five years. Previous Optimist Club Award recipients are not eligible to be re-nominated.

Students, parents, staff and members of the community are encouraged to complete an online nomination form by the deadline, stating how their nominee meets the criteria. The form, which includes a link to the list of past award recipients, is posted under “News” at www.westfieldnjk12.org and on the Westfield Public Schools district’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram feeds.

The two selected intermediateschool teachers will receive their award at an Optimist Club dinner in September. They also will be recognized at a Westfield Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, May 21.