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: Tieler Myers

(ABC 6 News) — An unlikely path wound Tieler Myers up in an Austin High School Spanish classroom. “When I was in high school I didn’t speak Spanish at all, and I started in Spanish 1 just these guys, and I actually almost failed,” Mr. Myers said. Yet after a high school teacher offered a […]

Excellent Educator: Marcus Fischer

(ABC 6 News) — At New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Elementary, there is a classroom where the lessons come with laughter. That classroom is where we find Mr. Marcus Fischer, and Mr. Fischer is this month’s winner of ABC 6 News’ Excellent Educator award. “He’s my favorite teacher. He’s funny, he lets us play around,” said a student. […]