Posts by Kathi Edwards
Guest Bartenders Raise Glasses for Teachers & Money for Golden Apple
This summer, Golden Apple Foundation held Raise a Glass for Teachers guest bartender events at Jax Pub in Rockford and Coaches Corner i...
2022 Jan Jones Service Award Recipient: Lori Beach-Grass
Congratulations to Lori Beach-Grass on being named the 2022 Jan Jones Service Award recipients!
2023 – Carolyn Timm
Carolyn Timm, who lives in Stillman Valley, has been principal of Cherry Valley Elementary since it opened in the 2018-2019 school year....
2023 Jan Jones Service Award Recipients: Virginia Norris and The Kiwanis Club of Rockford
Congratulations to the Kiwanis Club of Rockford and Virginia Norris on being named the 2023 Jan Jones Service Award recipients!
Six teachers named 2023 Golden Apple Teacher Award recipients
This year, Golden Apple Foundation broke with tradition and selected six instead of five teachers to receive the coveted Golden Apple a...
Addie Wilson
Addie Wilson of Loves Park has been teaching for 17 years. She’s taught first and third grade but has been teaching second grade at Thurgood Marshall Elementary the past three years.
Amie Walker
Amie Walker of Davis is a 20-year teacher, who’s spent the last six years at Bloom Elementary, teaching Kindergarten.
Michelle VanWambeke
Michelle VanWambeke of Loves Park has taught special education for six years. She teaches first and second graders at Windsor Elementary.
Miranda Thompson
Miranda Thompson of Machesney Park has taught for 17 years (K, 1, 2, 3 and 5). She’s been at Parker Center the past 12 years, where she teaches Kindergarten.
Sarah Shoevlin
Sarah Shoevlin of Roscoe has taught students from first through fifth grade. The past four of her 13 years of teaching have been at Prairie Hill School, where she teaches third grade.