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Kelli Houghton
15 Mar
2022 Golden Apple Award Recipients

Kelli Houghton

Kelli Houghton of Roscoe started teaching at Willowbrook Middle School 20 years ago and never left!
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Lovina Youngman
14 Mar
2022 Golden Apple Award Finalists

Lovina Youngman

Lovina Youngman of Rockford has been teaching for 18 years, the past 16 at Belvidere Central Middle School.
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Deanna Ballard
14 Mar
2022 Golden Apple Award Finalists

Deanna Ballard

Deanna Ballard of Algonquin is in her 23rd year of teaching. She teaches all types of science classes and has done so at Guilford High School for the past 10 years.
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Adam Pusateri
14 Mar
2022 Golden Apple Award Finalists

Adam Pusateri

Adam Pusateri of Rockton has been a teacher for 12 years, the past five at Durand High School.
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Nicole Kroepel
14 Mar
2022 Golden Apple Award Finalists

Nicole Kroepel

Nicole Kroepel of Poplar Grove has been teaching for 20 years, with the past 15 as an English teacher at Belvidere North High School.
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Anita Bond
14 Mar
2022 Golden Apple Award Finalists

Anita Bond

Anita Bond of Rockton teaches 11th grade U.S. History and 12th grade Sociology. She has taught for 13 years, all at Hononegah.
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Brooke Harp
14 Mar
2022 Golden Apple Award Finalists

Brooke Harp

Brooke Harp of Rockford is in her sixth year of teaching. She teaches literature to middle schoolers at Holy Family Catholic School.
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Weston Brabeck
14 Mar
2022 Golden Apple Award Finalists

Weston Brabeck

Weston Brabeck of Marengo has been teaching for seven years and has been Guilford High School’s band teacher the past four years.
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Rebecca Perry
14 Mar
2022 Golden Apple Award Recipients

Rebecca Perry

Rebecca Perry of Poplar Grove has been teaching for 11 years. She’s taught 8th grade science at Belvidere South Middle School for the past four.
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Monica Benolkin
14 Mar
2022 Golden Apple Award Finalists

Monica Benolkin

Monica Benolkin of Rockford has been teaching for 10 years, the past six at Rockford Lutheran, where she teaches orchestra for students in third through 12th grades.
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