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May 15, 2025

Thank You, Teachers

A tribute to education's local heroes

Shaw Local News Network

Continuing the tradition: Fifth-generation teacher wears many hats

Janna Morgan is the fifth generation of teachers in her family.

By Erica Quinlan●

May 14, 2025 at 4:10 pm CDT

Husband, wife team helps school ag program expand

A lot of growth has occurred in the agricultural department at Peotone High School since Abby Cowger started teaching and advising the FFA chapter in 2018.

By Martha Blum●

May 14, 2025 at 2:30 pm CDT

Desire to help turns from nursing to teaching

While in high school, Becky Freed considered a career as a nurse until an aha moment changed her mind.

By Tom C. Doran●

May 14, 2025 at 12:50 pm CDT

FFA chapter develops mental health awareness program

Students at Grant Park learned how to “bend don’t break” during a project developed by the Grant Park FFA Chapter that focused on mental health.

By Martha Blum●

May 12, 2025 at 12:50 pm CDT

‘Giving back the kindness and support’: Ag classes led to big changes in life

Chris Kaufman has been teaching agriculture for 24 years, but he remembers when life looked very different.

By Erica Quinlan●

May 12, 2025 at 10:10 am CDT

‘FFA is a family’: Unique approaches to ag education

To McCord Snider, FFA is not just a club, organization or another group at school.

By Erica Quinlan●

May 12, 2025 at 8:30 am CDT

FFA involvement shaped career as agricultural educator

Golden Owl Award finalist Kenna Slough was inspired to be an agricultural educator for a combination of reasons.

By Erica Quinlan●

May 12, 2025 at 2:30 pm CDT

Thank you, teachers

We all have a close friend or teacher in our family. They are the ones who you just knew from a young age they would go into the field. They wanted to share their love for knowledge, reading, history, math or other subject close to their heart. They had an affinity for helping youngsters, or maybe those who needed special attention or care. Today, we thank those teachers for the work they do to prepare the next generation for life. We thank them for their long hours of work after the school day ends, or for sometimes dipping into their own pocketbook to make sure a student has lunch money or a jacket on a cold day. Thank You, Teachers is our way of recognizing the value of these educators in our lives.

Thank you teachers

‘Giving back the kindness and support’: Ag classes led to big changes in life

Chris Kaufman has been teaching agriculture for 24 years, but he remembers when life looked very different.

By Erica Quinlan●

May 12, 2025 at 10:10 am CDT