Excellent Educator
Teachers give so much of who they are to the students they teach. The Excellent Educator Award is awarded to outstanding teachers and substitutes that continually go above and beyond to make a difference in the lives of their students.
Help us at ABC 6 News honor the wonderful teachers in our area by awarding them with the Excellent Educator Award!
Students and parents can nominate their teachers for a chance to win not only this award, but also an ABC 6 coffee mug as well as a gift from our sponsors.
To nominate a deserving teacher, visit HERE.
Excellent Educator: Grace Magnuson
(ABC 6 News) — There is a lot of work that goes into running a classroom. However, many teachers in the area know it has a lasting impact. Grace Magnuson has been a teacher in the Special Education Department at LeRoy-Ostrander Middle and School for two years now. “It’s the kids, and every teacher will…
Excellent Educator: Jennifer Bellefeuille
(ABC 6 News) — Teachers help create the stepping stones that kids use as they go through life. Inside an Owatonna Middle School orchestra class, Jessica Bellefeuille works to combine fun and learning. “My goal was to make kids want to be in music again. It’s not something that they do after they’re done with…
Excellent Educator: Shane Uptagrafft
(ABC 6 News) — The first month of the year has come and gone, and now it is time to recognize one of the many teachers making a big impact on students. While students at Lourdes High School may know Shane Uptagrafft as their history teacher, that originally wasn’t the case for him. For Uptagrafft,…
