16
Mar
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
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.
13
Feb
Amie Walker
Amie Walker of Davis is a 20-year teacher, who’s spent the last six years at Bloom Elementary, teaching Kindergarten.
13
Feb
Michelle VanWambeke
Michelle VanWambeke of Loves Park has taught special education for six years. She teaches first and second graders at Windsor Elementary.
09
Feb
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.
09
Feb
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.
09
Feb
Mallori Sage
Mallori Sage of Machesney Park has taught third grade at Whitehead Elementary the past 8 of her 10 years teaching.
09
Feb
Jennifer Rowe
Jennifer Rowe of Rockford is in her eighth year of teaching. She previously taught sixth-eighth grade sheltered immersion math; she is now in her third year of teaching fourth graders at Whitehead Elementary.
09
Feb
Lisa Robinson
Lisa Robinson of Cherry Valley has been a teacher for 16 years. She’s taught general education classes for third and fifth graders, as well as hard of hearing students in K-12. She’s been at Rolling Green for four years, where she teaches Kindergarten.
06
Feb
Chelsea Rawhoof
Chelsea Rawhoof of Pecatonica has been teaching for 11 years, all at Pecatonica Elementary, where she is a looping teacher (she will carry her current second graders on to third grade, then return back to second the following year).