Ten U.P. teachers win local credit union’s teacher awards
NEGAUNEE — Three Upper Peninsula schools will get a bit of a boost thanks to their award-winning teachers.
Honor Credit Union announced the winners of their 7th Annual Teacher Awards on Monday. Each winner received $100 to put to use in their classroom or school. Entrants won by submitting a short description of how they would use the money to better educate their students.
This year, a third of the winners were from schools in the credit union’s three Upper Peninsula branch areas. Below is a list of this year’s winning U.P. teachers:
Gwinn Area Community Schools
- Deb Goldsworthy
- Amanda Kainulainen
- Michael Nicosia
- Shaun Clark
Marquette Area Public Schools
- Janet Kuopus
- Jessica Boehlke
- Kendra Meyer
Negaunee Public Schools
- Jodi Johnson
- Jill Sladek
- Brittnee Balbierz
In all, 38 teachers from those three school systems entered submissions for this year’s awards.