Articles filed under Teacher Tribute
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Extra credit: Kelly King - Churchill Elementary School, Glen EllynDec 14, 2015 4:00 am - Need to know: Teaches fourth- and fifth-grade literacy and social studies at Churchill Elementary School in Glen Ellyn. This is her ninth year as a teacher, all at C...
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Extra credit: Jessica Senatore - Stevenson Elementary School in Des PlainesDec 14, 2015 4:00 am - Need to know: Teaches third- and fourth-grade students in a dual language classroom in which instruction is provided equally in Spanish and English. Stevenson serves...
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St. Charles North teacher says math is about questionsNov 09, 2015 6:00 am - Day after day Justin Brennan spent hours watching people die. It was the same people. Over and over, they plummeted from the World Trade Center towers. But he wasn't wa...
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Top Teacher: Kaneland English teacher inspires, educates for 35 yearsMay 11, 2015 10:00 am - In 1980, a 21-year-old Patty Welker nervously anticipated her first day as an English teacher at Kaneland High School. Would the students like her? Could she run a good ...
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Des Plaines teacher Kristi Ryken plays key role in coaching her colleaguesMar 09, 2015 11:00 am - Teachers have it tough. Beyond just getting a room full of young people to learn, they're also expected to use new technologies, adapt to ever-changing guidelines and ke...
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Tricia Baltzersen of Algonquin uses books to inspire her sixth-grade studentsFeb 09, 2015 10:01 am - Tricia Baltzersen's eyes light up when she talks about books. "My mom used to read this story ... 'Are You My Mother.' Every night my mom would read that book to me. It ...
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Westbrook teacher shows kids the value of staying activeDec 08, 2014 10:00 am - It's the start of Lori Many's physical education class, and her kindergarten students have turned into dinosaurs. Some of the dinosaurs run around the gymnasium trying t...
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The beautiful struggle of Jen Katrein's St. Charles classroomNov 09, 2014 3:01 pm - As Jen Katrein gets peppered by questions, it becomes clear the assignment is a bit different from anything her fifth grade class has attempted before. The mission is t...
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Wheeling teacher plays key role in bilingual educationSep 08, 2014 6:00 am - Children born to non-English speaking parents living in America have the added challenge of mastering a new language in addition to everything else they need to learn in...
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Elgin science teacher uses nature to engage studentsAug 12, 2014 11:01 am - Growing up in a small community in Northern Michigan, Deb Perryman always wanted to teach in a school with a lot of diversity. "That was one of the things that first dre...