Local Teachers Named Candidates for Minnesota Teacher of the Year

(KNSI) – Candidates for Minnesota’s Teacher of the Year are out, and some local teachers are on the list.

Katherine Green teaches Language Arts at St. Cloud Tech, Special Education and Early Childhood teacher Louise Ziegler with Sauk Rapids-Rice Schools; Eric Meyer, who teaches English at Maple Lake High School; and Katherine Zuehlke with Annandale Public Schools have all been chosen as Teacher of the Year candidates.

The program celebrates excellence in teaching and includes teachers in grades pre-K through 12th grade, plus instructors with early childhood family education and adult basic education programs. Teachers can be from either private or public schools.

The winners will be chosen by a panel of educators, business community leaders, non-profit organizations, and philanthropists. The 75 will be whittled down to a list of semifinalists, with the Teacher of the Year being named at a banquet in May. Whether that banquet is in person or virtual is up in the air.

See the full list by clicking here.

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(KNSI) – The Minnesota State High School League has approved a maximized winter sports season.

The Board of Directors voted in favor of a 30% reduction in games with a maximum of two per week and allowing three in the last two weeks of the season for COVID-19 related rescheduling.

The MSHSL has also announced a practice schedule for winter sports:

• Dance – November 9th
• Boys hockey, adapted floor hockey, and boys basketball – November 23rd
• Alpine/Nordic skiing, wrestling, boys swimming and diving, and girls hockey – November 30th
• Gymnastics and girls hockey – December 7th

The MSHSL also decided on guidelines for fall postseason events:

• Girls tennis tournaments run from October 5th through the 17th.
• Boys and girls’ soccer section tournaments go from October 12th through the 24th and only two games per week.
• Boys and girls cross country sections will take place the week of October 12th
• Girls swimming and diving sections will take place the week of October 19th.

Under current COVID-19 guidelines set by the Minnesota Departments of Health, no spectators are allowed at indoor events in school facilities, with a limit of 250 fans at outdoor facilities.

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