"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops."
— Henry B. Adams

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
— William Butler Yeats

"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge."
— Albert Einstein

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
— Nelson Mandela

"Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another."
— G.K. Chesterton

 

2007-2008 Golden Apple Award Recipients

Rosalind Ascharya

Kindergarten
Washington Elementary-Belvidere
Teaching Experience: 6 Years

Patty Bachmann

First Grade/Dual Language
Barbour Language Academy-Rockford
Teaching Experience: 14 Years

Martha Kaiser

Fourth Grade
Manchester Elementary-Poplar Grove
Teaching Experience: 27 Years

Amy Meier

Fifth Grade
Whitman Post Elementary-Rockton
Teaching Experience: 13 Years

Richard Toppe

Second Grade
Brookview Elementary-Rockford
Teaching Experience: 29 Years