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.

ABC 6 Excellent Educator: Mandy Leopold

(ABC 6 News) — Do you remember you first day of school jitters? Well, imagine going to school, and you don’t speak the same language as the students and teachers around you. At Banfield elementary school in Austin, that’s where Mandy Leopold steps in. For eight years, she’s been an English Language teacher to multi-lingual…

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ABC 6 Excellent Educator: Kim Hovey

Do you remember asking what use algebra or literary critique would be after graduation? Well, Kim Hovey’s students never have that question.

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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…

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