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Teacher Feature
by KSL News Radio
KSL NewsRadio's Teacher Feature recognizes outstanding teachers in the Utah community. Each teacher is presented each week by a different KSL NewsRadio personality who talks about how they make a difference in the lives of the children they teach. Each winning teacher is honored with a plaque from Zions Bank, an overnight stay at Anniversary Inn, a gift certificate for dinner at the beautiful Roof Restaurant at Temple Square and a pair of season tickets from Hale Centre Theater! All winners are also invited to attend an end-of-year banquet at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in their honor. In addition, one lucky teacher will win the grand prize 2-year lease on a new car courtesy of Burt Brothers Tire and Service. A panel of judges from Zions Bank, the State Office of Education, and KSL NewsRadio judge the hundreds of nominating letters. The letters can be sent in by anyone - students, peers, former students and even relatives. If you would like to nominate a deserving teacher, fi
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Mark Landeen - South Jordan Middle School
This week's teacher feature award goes to Mark Landeen of South Jordan Middle School. His Son JR writes: "I am nominating him for this award because I want to show my appreciation for all he has done and I’m sure thousands of other parents and students would confirm all I have said. He is in his...
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Janie Lauritzen - Welby Elementary
This week's teacher feature award goes to Janie Lauritzen of Welby Elementary. Her husband writes "For 19 years, she has invested anywhere from $3,000 to $5,000 of her salary to supply her students with the tools she thinks are essential to their experience in kindergarten, and to lay a…
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Jen Lightfoot - Viewmont Elementary
This week's teacher feature award goes to Jen Lightfoot of Viewmont Elementary. A parent says "Mrs. Lightfoot not only goes above and beyond for my child but for each of the children in her class. She treats her students like her own children, which is amazing since she is a mother herself to 8...
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Shanalee Sadler - Alta High School
This week's teacher feature award goes to Shanalee Sadler of Alta High School. A parent writes: "Mrs. Sadler has shown that she cares for my son and wants the best for him. She has made sure that he is prepared for his future whatever that might be." Mrs. Sadler receives a special recognition…
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Alice Erickson - Willow Canyon Elementary
This week's teacher feature award goes to Alice Erickson of Willow Canyon Elementary. A former student writes: "thank you, Mrs. Erickson, for making every day a "great day" for your students. Thank you for teaching us with kindness and respect. Thank you for taking the time to reach every…
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Alex Barlow - North Sampete High School
This week's teacher feature award goes to Alex Barlow from North Sampete High School. An aunt of a student writes: "By showing kids what they can achieve and caring about them whether they achieve it or not Mr Barlow gives these kids hope. He never asks for anything in return. I truly believe…
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Timothy McNeil, Corner Canyon High School
This week's teacher feature award goes to Timothy McNeil from Corner Canyon High School. A happy parent writes "Mr McNeil teaches and expresses the importance of safety while working with the machinery and all the equipment.My son was enrolled in at least one class a year starting with freshman...
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Heather White - Hawthorn Academy
This week's teacher feature award goes to Heather White from Hawthorn Academy. A parent writes that her student "has struggled with being mistreated in the past, because he is a little different. Ms. White has stopped this and he has experienced the best year ever!! I am so grateful for her...
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Erin Teuscher - Herriman High School
This week's teacher feature award goes to Erin Teuscher at Herriman High School. A former student writes "I have struggled as a writer over my years as a student and this was a challenge that I feared. Meeting my new teacher made me feel comfortable in the class and gave me confidence. Ms.…
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Marie Miller - Wooddruff Elementary
This week's teacher feature award goes to Marie Miller of Wooddruff Elementary School. A parent writes: "She is amazing, kind, caring and smart. I honestly tear up thinking of all she sacrifices for her students to show them how loved and supported they are not only in her classroom but outside…
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Hailey Oswald - Brookhaven Elementary
This week's teacher feature award goes to Hailey Oswald of Brookhaven Elementary. The parent of a student who had been recently adopted says" Miss Oswald exceeded amazing! Before Lucy came to class she explained Lucy’s background and why she might be ‘different’ and not understand some of the...
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Matt Mullen - Mount Ogden Junior High
This week's teacher feature award goes to The student who nominated him says "Mr. Mullen is an exemplary teacher. Mr. Mullen is our engineering and Project Lead the Way teacher. This is an extremely hard position to fill, and we were so lucky when Mr. Mullen took a job here at Mt. Ogden. He has...
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Doug Jolley - Westfield Elementary
This week's teacher feature award goes to Doug Jolley of Westfield Elementary. A parent writes "Mr. Jolley changed a rowdy class of diverse 6th graders into “Learning Team.” By the end of the school year, Mr. Jolley had transformed this class. He taught much more than sixth grade curriculum. He...
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SaraJo Martin - Foothills Elementary
This week's teacher feature award goes to SaraJo Martin from Foothills Elementary School. Her daughter who nominated her says "SaraJo Martin, has been dedicated to teaching Utah students for 35+ years. She has touched so many lives, and worked from sun up till sun down to ensure her students get...
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Tara Porath - Matheson Junior High
This week's teacher feature award goes to Tara Porath from Matheson Junior High. She was nominated by her husband who says: " Tara teaches US history and is the department chair. Tara is a strict teacher who demands the most out of her students yet encourages them and motivates them through…
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Cindy Smith - Hayden Peak Elementary
This week's teacher feature award goes to Cindy Smith from Hayden Peak Elementary. The Principal of the school writes: "She is a loving teacher that gets results! Her students love and respect her. She has high standards and expects each of her students to excel and they do. Cindy’s students have...
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Brandon Cook - Venture High School
This week's teacher feature award goes to art teacher Brandon Cook from Venture High School. One of his students writes: "I have been taught by Cook in his drawing and painting classes, and it has been a blast. He is the most kind, helpful person I know at the school, and I don't know where I…
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Todd Jepperson - Orem Junior High
This week's teacher feature award goes to Todd Jepperson an English Teacher at Orem Junior High School. The Principal, Brian Jolley, says that Mr. Jepperson also works with the yearbook group and is the advisor for the Latinos in Action Group. He has this ability to be able to help students…
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Jessica Cassity - Weber High School
This week's teacher feature award goes to Jessica Cassity from Weber High School. A parent of a struggling student writes "I would always hope all teachers would be open to thinking about the child first, and their ego second. This was for sure the case with Ms. Cassity. She was very open and...
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John Angell - Cyprus High School
This week's teacher feature award goes to John Angell at Cyprus High School in Magna. A parent of his student wrote that her son's teacher bought him "a brand-new tux in the zip up bag and [he] comes home and shows me! He says & "MOM DID YOU SEE THIS" I said no?? what is Jos.A.Banks? He shows me,...
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Gaylynn Parker - Payson High School
This week's teacher feature award goes to Gaylynn Parker a history teacher at Payson High School. Her student says that "You can never leave her room without a smile - EVER. And if you don't, then she's right there behind you with a word of encouragement or a small joke or riddle to make you…
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Randy Mott - Pleasant Grove Jr. High
This week's teacher feature award goes to Randy Mott from Pleasant Grove Jr. High. One of his student writes "Mr. Mott is one of the most influential people in my life right now. He has taught me how to reach my full potential while also introducing the blessing of music into my life. But not…
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Rachel Rolf - Hillside Middle School
This week's teacher feature award goes to Rachel Rolf of Hillside Middle School in Salt Lake City. She teaches math and ELP math to 7th graders. She was even a finalist presidential award for excellence in mathematics and science teaching in Utah. She says that she is thrilled because she was...
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Christina Van Dam - Draper Elementary
This week's teacher feature award goes to Christina Van Dam from Draper Elementary. Ms. Van Dam wanted to give back the good experiences to her students. She wants to make sure the students know that she is loved. She is described as going above and beyond what any other teacher does. receives a...
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Doug Saltzgiver - Woods Cross High School
This week's teacher feature award goes toDoug Saltzgiver from Woods Cross High School. Mr Saltzgiver is an AP calculus teacher, and loves that he gets to come to work and meet incredible people. Recently he got a phone call from a former student struggling in a college math class and took the...
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Timothy Goodman - Saratoga Shores Elementary
This week's teacher feature award goes to Timothy Goodman of Saratoga Shores Elementary school. Mr. Thomas runs the classroom like a small town where every student is expected to pick up their assigned role to make the classroom continue to work. Mr. Goodman receives a special recognition award...
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Lynette Gittens - Athlos Academy of Utah in Herriman
This week's teacher feature award goes to Lynette Gittens from Athlos Academy of Utah in Herriman. After a parent's son passed away, Mrs. Gittens took the brother under her wing who was suffering. She is humble thoughtful and giving. Mrs. Gittens receives a special recognition award from Zions...
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Lori Drake - NUAMES High School
This week's teacher feature award goes to Lori Drake at NUAMES High School in Layton. Lori Drake is that teacher. The one that everyone adores. And she might have saved a student's life in class after a head injury. She says she doesn't do it for the money and that she watches over every student…
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Jennifer Ziggler - Antelope Elementary School
This week's teacher feature award goes to Jennifer Ziggler at Antelope Elementary School in Clearfield. She's been teaching for 25 years and loves kindergarten. She is always planning ahead. She was nominated by her husband Gary who sais she is always planning ahead on what she will be doing, and...
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Lindsey Pettibone - Fox Hollow Elementary
This week's teacher feature award goes to Lindsey Pettibone a 5th grade teacher at Fox Hollow Elementary in West Jordan. Ms. Pettibone has a special love for her students and leaves personalized notes on the student's desk every day. She just wants to know the students are learning and growing.…
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Alejandro Saine and Heidi Hancock - Sand Springs Elementary
This week's teacher feature award goes to Alejandro Saine and Heidi Hancock from the Spanish language program at Sand Springs Elementary. They were nominated by parents of a student who was dealing with PTSD after a tornado tore through Davis County. The teachers would go out of their way to help...
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Lyndee McKay - Hillcrest High School
This week's teacher feature award goes to Lyndee McKay an English teacher at Hillcrest High School. Mrs. McKay says her students make her job worth while. She really does care about every single one of them. She says "the actual teaching part is the most rewarding" and "seeing them grow into…
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Tonya Hyatt - Heritage Elementary
This week's teacher feature award goes to Tonya Hyatt of Heritage Elementary school in Layton. Her 5th grade class gathered to recieve her award. She enjoys everything she does because she loves helping out the kids. She does it all for the kids. The kids make her job worth everything. Ms. Hyatt...
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Amy Walters - Diamond Ridge Elementary
This week's teacher feature award goes to Amy Walters of Diamond Ridge Elementary School in West Valley. Amy works with students who have mild to severe learning disabilities and who struggle with behavior. Amy says recognition doesn't happen very often in teaching, so the award means that much...
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Emily Sheets - Meadow Brook Elementary
This week's teacher feature award goes to Emily Sheets a 3rd grade teacher from Meadow Brook Elementary. When one of her students was diagnosed with a stomach condition Ms. Sheets took a personal interest making sure that she was helping her through bad episodes and was regularly updating the...
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Meline Hansen - Midas Creek Elementary
This week's teacher feature award goes to Meline Hansen, a kindergarten teacher at Midas Creek Elementary. Colleague Trish Calhoun nominated Mrs. Hansen "plans fun, engaging and challenging lessons for her students. She has a knack for discussing concerns with parents and is willing to help other...
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Greg Park - Timpanogos High School
This week's teacher feature award goes to Greg Park from Timpanogos High School. Mr Park does it all teaching 6 subjects at the school from student government to Japanese. A student nominated him because their life was hugely impacted by him as a teacher. Just being there for the students and...
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Ashley Calhoon - Golden Fields Elementary
This week's teacher feature award goes to Ashley Calhoon, a special education teacher from Golden Fields Elementary. She was nominated by a fellow teacher and always does an excellent job, and she really does care about the kids. The Principal says she has a compassion for all the children, and...
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Marvin Hull - Malan's Peak High School
This week's teacher feature award goes to Marvin Hull from Malan's Peak High School. Mr Hull works in the youth corrections program as an English teacher, and has for the past 22 years. He works with some of the most difficult students in the state, and every day greeted them with a smile. Mr.…
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Diane Rockwood - Freedom Elementary
This week's teacher feature award goes to Diane Rockwood who is now the Principle of Freedom Elementary. She taught for 26 years prior to the nomination. The mother of one of her students nominated Principle Rockwood because her son who has mild autism, was able to come out of his skin and...
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Marc Allen - Woods Cross High School
This week's teacher feature award goes to Marc Allen from Woods Cross High School. Mr Allen tries to listen to each student individually. When faced with a student who ran into problems with drugs and alcohol, Mr. Allen pushed the student into finishing high school. And she now is looking at…
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Andy Bolen - Wallace Stegner Academy
This week's teacher feature award goes to Andy Bolen an 8th grade teacher at Wallace Stegner Academy. After receiving the award in front of the whole school and being apprehensive to accept it, he said he doesn't teach to get awards. His wife who also works at the school was mentioned as well.…
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Michelle Smith - Box Elder High School
This week's teacher feature award goes to Michelle Smith a financial literacy teacher from Box Elder High School. It was a big decision to leave a higher paying job to be a teacher. A decision that is not all that common. Mrs Smith just believes that the money isn't what it's all about. Principal...
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Lay Kou - Southland Elementary
This week's teacher feature award goes to Ley Kou a teacher at Southland Elementary in Riverton. Nominated by a parent who's had multiple students in Ms. Kou's classes over the years. Ms. Kou goes above and beyond, even bringing food to the family home of the students when she found out a couple…
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Shaynie Wayman - Oquirrah Elementary
This week's teacher feature award goes to Shaynie Wayman a special ed teacher from Oquirrah Elementary. She worked tirelessly to catch one of the students up to speed. When the students' parents became homeless, they had to move the student to a new school. Mrs. Wayman helped personally with the...
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Glen Carpenter - Stansbury High
This week's teacher feature award goes to Glen Carpenter a drama teacher at Stansbury High. He gave up an accounting career to teach, and many students feel like they have a safe haven in Mr. Carpenter's classroom. He says that drama helps kids be better students, it helps them get higher test...
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Stephen Warner - Settlement Canyon Elementary
This week's teacher feature award goes to Stephen a 5th grade teacher at Settlement Canyon Elementary in Tooele. It's been a rough year for Mr. Warner after being diagnosed with cancer. Despite taking time off for his treatments, he still showed up to the school every day to see his students. He...
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Terry Hunter - Oak Canyon Junior High
This week's teacher feature award goes to Terry Hunter a career and technology teacher at Oak Canyon Junior High. He was nominated by a parent because of his great teaching skills as well as his dedication to the Technology Student Association. He gives so many hours to the program because they…
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Keriann Moore - Doxey Elementary
This week's teacher feature award goes to Keriann Moore of Doxey Elementary in Sunset. She is actually not a teacher, she is one of the schools' secretaries. She was nominated because she regularly helps a student test his diabetes on a daily basis. She went out of her way to learn how to give...
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JoAnn Bahr- Harvigsen Elementary School
This week's teacher feature award goes to JoAnn Bahr at Harvigsen Elementary School. JoAnn has been working 28 years in the Granite School District where she was more recently asked to help special needs students who are unable to communicate correctly. She's immersed herself in speech and "comes...
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KSL NewsRadio's Teacher Feature recognizes outstanding teachers in the Utah community. Each teacher is presented each week by a different KSL NewsRadio personality who talks about how they make a difference in the lives of the children they teach. Each winning teacher is honored with a plaque from Zions Bank, an overnight stay at Anniversary Inn, a gift certificate for dinner at the beautiful Roof Restaurant at Temple Square and a pair of season tickets from Hale Centre Theater! All winners are also invited to attend an end-of-year banquet at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in their honor. In addition, one lucky teacher will win the grand prize 2-year lease on a new car courtesy of Burt Brothers Tire and Service. A panel of judges from Zions Bank, the State Office of Education, and KSL NewsRadio judge the hundreds of nominating letters. The letters can be sent in by anyone - students, peers, former students and even relatives. If you would like to nominate a deserving teacher, fi
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