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2023 Golden Apple Award Recipients

16 Mar
2023 Golden Apple Award Recipients, Golden Apple News

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...
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14 Feb
2023 Golden Apple Award Finalists, 2023 Golden Apple Award Recipients

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.
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09 Feb
2023 Golden Apple Award Finalists, 2023 Golden Apple Award Recipients

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.
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09 Feb
2023 Golden Apple Award Finalists, 2023 Golden Apple Award Recipients

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.
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09 Feb
2023 Golden Apple Award Finalists, 2023 Golden Apple Award Recipients

Mallori Sage

Mallori Sage of Machesney Park has taught third grade at Whitehead Elementary the past 8 of her 10 years teaching.
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02 Feb
2023 Golden Apple Award Finalists, 2023 Golden Apple Award Recipients

Crystal Ellis

Crystal Ellis of South Beloit has been at Stone Creek her whole 18-year career.
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02 Feb
2023 Golden Apple Award Finalists, 2023 Golden Apple Award Recipients

Emily Daub

Emily Daub of Rockford has taught at Kindergarten at Ellis the past three of her 12 years of teaching.
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