Education Minnesota has named 132 teachers as candidates for the 2017 Minnesota Teacher of the Year. The 53rd Teacher of the Year will be chosen on May 7 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in the Mall of America.
The candidates listed by their schools or school districts are:
Albert Lea: Margo Wayne
Alden-Conger: Stephanie Hallman
Anoka-Hennepin: Dan Bordwell
Austin: Marsha Wilson
Barnesville: Anna Gross
Battle Lake: Shauna Heggum
Becker: Alex Jurek
Big Lake: Lynn Adams, Daniel Haley
Blessed Trinity Catholic School, Richfield: Jeffrey Boyle
Bloomington: Ryan Meyering
Braham: Bryan Johnson, Lori Lemieux
Brainerd: Karla Johnson
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage: John Glas, Marie Hansen, David Taylor
Cambridge-Isanti: Stacy Kelzer
Centennial: Andrea Krueger, Michele McClellan
Columbia Heights: Alison Humpal
Delano: Charlene Warne
Duluth: Annette Petersmeyer, Sheila Shusterich
Eden Prairie: Angela Taylor, Erin Webster
Elk River: Ben Kirkwold, Sue Yankowiak
Fairmont: Pam Brolsma
Farmington: Heidi Barlage
Goodridge: Eric Mickelson
Hastings: Tom Brenny
Herman-Norcross: Renee Drewicke
Hibbing: Jeanne Bymark
Hutchinson: Jennifer Anderson
Inver Grove Heights: Lori Gustafson
Isle: Jennifer Honek
Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton: Claudia Roesler
Kaleidoscope Charter School, Otsego: Sandy Skon
Kasson-Mantorville: Liz Harwood
Kenyon-Wanamingo: Heidi Haugen, Laura McAnally
Lake Park-Audubon: Maria Amundson
Lakeville: Kelly Hillier, Mary Zilge
Lester Prairie: Helen Lester
Le Sueur-Henderson: Stephanie Laabs
Mahtomedi: Anastasia Eldredge
Mankato: Toni Hames
Marshall County Central: Katie Melgaard
Minneapolis: Hinda Abdi, Alex Berry, Greta Callahan, Adrian Davis, Sigrid Espe, Jonathon Pierpont, Ken Shain, Kris Thornwall, LaCrissha Walton
Minneota: Heather Anderson, Sarah Stassen
Minnetonka: Alison Alowonle
Moorhead: Angela Jelinek, Tammy Ressler
Morris: Erin Gillespie
Mounds View: Heidi Shah, Taylor Toellner
North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale: Stephanee Goeken
Northeast Metro 916: Scott Pierce
Northfield: Sarah Swan McDonald
Osseo: Breanna Blad, Dennis Loeks
Owatonna: Scott Noet
Pierz: Jessica Rocheleau
Plainview-Elgin-Millville: Debra Sauke
Proctor: Kristen Kilpo
Red Wing: Neil Lahammer, Sheena Tisland
Richfield: Steve Hemming, Teresa Stadem
Robbinsdale: Sue Lundquist
Rochester: Janice Frerks
Roseau: Brenda Dahl
Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan: Brian Fendrich
Roseville: Charity Przepiora
Rothsay: Kristie Sullivan
Rush City: Eric Telander
Sartell-St. Stephen: Karrie Fredrickson
Sauk Rapids-Rice: Cory Zimpel
Shakopee: Rachel Beran, Wade Laughlin, Krissy Purington, Susanne Springer
Sibley East: Amanda Pearson
Spring Lake Park: Lauren Hughes (Brannen), Doug Potthoff
St. Francis: Glenn Morehouse Olson
St. Paul Preparatory School, St. Paul: Alicia Ekegren, Soraya Folley, John Horton, Michael Houston, Holly Johnston, Ian Keith, Bonnie Laabs, Jody Rohweller-Kocur, Staretta Taylor-Cooper, Mark Westpfahl, Carole Whitney, Ong Xiong, Eileen Zachman, Patrick Wiggin
Stewartville: Nicholas Johnson
Stillwater: Erin Nickleby, Katy Pupungatoa, Tate Schoeberlein, Andrew Weaver
Twin Cities Academy, St. Paul: Elizabeth Neilson
Underwood: Kelly Foertsch, Angela Hartman, T.J. Pelanek
Waconia: Leslie Kurtz, John Pohland, Cindy Shook
Waseca: David Oraskovich
West St. Paul/Mendota Heights/Eagan: James Autio
Westonka: Corey Bulman, Lori Knauf, Cynthia Loewen, Jean Ann Thayer
Wheaton: Kelley Berger
White Bear Lake: Philip Wacker
Winona: Linda Pfeilsticker
Beatrice Dupuy
Edina High School Principal Bruce Locklear has announced plans to retire by the end of the school year. In a letter to families, Locklear thanked the community for supporting him for 10 years.
"I am ready to graduate with the class of 2017 and plan for what is next," Locklear said in the letter.
Locklear leaves during a time of change for the high school as ninth grade transitions to the school and construction is completed.
"I am proud of all that we have accomplished," he said.
Beatrice Dupuy
The "winners" have all been Turkeys, no matter the honor's name.
