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01 May
Community News, Golden Apple News

2025 Excellence in Education Banquet Held April 25

  • May 1, 2025
  • By author-avatar Kathi Edwards
Our 2025 Excellence in Education banquet was Friday, April 25, at Tebala Event Center, where more than 400 supporters of education dine...

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01 May
Community News, Golden Apple News, Jan Jones Service Award Recipients

Gayle Haab Named 2025 Jan Jones Service Award recipient

  • May 1, 2025
  • By author-avatar Kathi Edwards
Gayle Haab is a shining example of serving students and education through volunteer service. We were so happy to present her as the 202...

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26 Mar
Community News, Golden Apple News, Outstanding Principal Award Recipient

Megan Forsythe named 2025 GA Outstanding Principal

  • March 26, 2025
  • By author-avatar Kathi Edwards
On March 19, Golden Apple Foundation of Rockford traveled to Whitman Post Elementary in Rockton to surprise -- or maybe even shock -- p...

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26 Mar
Community News, Golden Apple News

Golden Apple Day 2025 surprised six area teachers

  • March 26, 2025
  • By author-avatar Kathi Edwards
On March 6, a slew of community-minded, education supporters got together and traveled throughout Winnebago County to surprise six teac...

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19 Feb
2025 Golden Apple Award Finalists, Golden Apple News

Kalli Bruck

  • February 19, 2025
  • By author-avatar Kathi Edwards

Kalli Bruck of Loves Park is in her second year teaching early childhood at Caledonia Elementary School. She’s been teaching for 21 years.

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18 Feb
2025 Golden Apple Award Finalists, Golden Apple News

Lisa Wight

  • February 18, 2025
  • By author-avatar Kathi Edwards

Fifth grade teacher Lisa Wight of Rockton has taught 10 of her 11 years of teaching at Durand Elementary School.

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18 Feb
2025 Golden Apple Award Finalists, Golden Apple News

Chelsea Rawhoof

  • February 18, 2025
  • By author-avatar Kathi Edwards

Chelsea Rawhoof of Pecatonica has spent all her 13 years of teaching at Pecatonica Elementary School, where she has taught first through fourth grade. She is now a “looping teacher,” teaching second grade this year, but carrying this class forward teaching them third grade next year.

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17 Feb
2025 Golden Apple Award Finalists, Golden Apple News

Danielle Vanek

  • February 18, 2025
  • By author-avatar Kathi Edwards

Danielle Vanek of Machesney Park is an English teacher. She’s taught the past five of her 15 years of teaching at South Beloit’s Willowbrook Middle School.

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13 Feb
2025 Golden Apple Award Recipients, Golden Apple News

Jackie Weerda

  • March 26, 2025
  • By author-avatar Kathi Edwards

Jackie Weerda of Rockton teaches Kindergarten at Roscoe’s Ledgewood Elementary, where she’s been 15 of her 20 years as an educator.

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12 Feb
2025 Golden Apple Award Finalists, Golden Apple News

Shiana Robertson

  • February 12, 2025
  • By author-avatar Kathi Edwards

Shiana Robertson of Rockford has been teaching third grade at Rockford’s Washington Elementary School the past three of her 11 years as a teacher.

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