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FILLMORE COUNTY

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Maryellen Dean 2018 Teacher of the Year

Teacher appreciaTion Day May 8, 2018

Maryellen Dean is this year’s Teacher of the Year and is being recognized as a special educator in Fillmore County who has gone above and beyond the call of duty, engaged students with innovative teaching methods, and helped students achieve a high level of academic success.

Teachers have a very challenging and important job, shaping the minds of our future generations.

All photos by Barb Jeffers

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Maryellen Dean 2018 Teacher of the Year

all be recognized especially as Teacher Appreciation Day approaches on May 8, 2018. Ms. Dean has been teaching for 38 years with 37 of those years at Rushford and Rushford-Peterson Schools. She taught fourth grade for eight years and has spent the last 29 years as a third grade teacher. She has worn many hats over the years including a varsity girls basketball coach, a volleyball coach, golf coach and also taught swimming for one year at Winona Public Schools in Winona, Minn. Ms. Dean will be retiring after this school year and deserves the recognition and appreciation she received “I heard somewhere that teaching is the only profession that creates other professions; if you look around this room the teachers that are helping these kids not only to learn, but also to be a good person — it’s like an extension of parenting as I Ms. Dean received hugs from many students after the Teacher of the Year presentation. see it,” stated Sethre. Photo by Barb Jeffers With no further ado the drum By Barb Jeffers Nominations for Teacher of most of the staff at R-P school roll started as third grade stu Rushford-Peterson school the Year were available to be there was high anticipation dent Gus Hoiland announced district is on a roll as their filled out and sent in by current as the students, teachers, and his nomination, and his current own Maryellen Dean has been students, parent of a student, support staff began filling the teacher, Ms. Dean, had been chosen as the Teacher of the honored as the 2018 Fillmore formers students, colleagues or bleachers in the auditorium. County Journal Teacher of the principal. The award ceremony Jason Sethre, Editor of Year for 2018. As the crowd Year. The 2017 Teacher of the took place on May 1, 2018, in the Fillmore County Journal, went wild an astonished Ms. Year, Mary Hoiland, also hails the R-P school gymnasium. addressed the crowd explaining Dean worked her way down from the Rushford-Peterson As the award recipient was that there are over 280 teachers to the auditorium floor for the eterans Day is November school district. who should 11th.presentation of her Fillmore a surprise to the students and in Fillmore County

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County Journal Teacher of the Year Award and gifts from sponsors. Along with the award Ms. Dean received a La-Z-Boy recliner from Drury’s Furniture of Fountain, Minn., presented by Drury’s representative Katelin Redalen Ehler, a Green Mountain grill and hardwood pellets from Ody’s Country Meats & Catering of Spring Valley, Minn., presented by owner Cody Koebke, and a $500 gift card to be used at Harmony Foods, Rushford Foods and Preston Foods presented by owners Jim and Brad Hoiness. In his nomination for Ms. Dean, Gus Hoiland began by saying his teacher should be the Teacher of the Year because “she really is the best teacher” adding “I know lots of kids think their teacher is the best, but Miss Dean really is,” he wrote. Another comment from Gus was “if we have trouble with something, she never gives up on us” saying that she will just try to teach them a different way. “She doesn’t only teach us subjects she teaches us respect. She tells us we’re all important and everyone deserves to be treated kindly,” he stated. “I don’t know how she does it, but she make me want to See TOTY Page 3 

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always do my best,” Gus said in closing. Another of the nominations that came in for Ms. Dean was from Principal Angela Shepard who is a former student and also the parent of a current student in Ms. Dean’s class. Mrs. Shepard stated in her nomination that Ms. Dean “has blessed our students and school with a love and passion for learni n g ” which they will carry w i t h them the rest of their lives. Several former students, now in high school, spoke about their memories of having Ms. Dean as their teacher and explaining how she touched their lives.

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Superintendant Chuck Ehler spoke about Ms. Dean and her devotion to teaching and to her students. “The one thing that stands out about Ms. Dean is she models her expectations; she asks her students to treat others as they would like to be treated and she models that every day in the classroom, hallway and in all parts of her life,” said Ehler. “We are proud she is an exemplary person and lives up to the RushfordPeterson school motto of ‘always our best,’” Ehler stated. An emotional Ms. Dean then addressed the audience saying “I’ve been very lucky the past 38 years because I’ve been doing something that I love to do,” a d d ing that re c e i v ing the award was an honor. “Rushford-Peterson has the most wonderful students; they are all great kids and they are wonderful to teach,” said Ms.

Several former students, now in high school, spoke about their memories of having Ms. Dean as their teacher and explaining how she touched their lives. Photo by Barb Jeffers Dean. Ms. Dean and Superintendent Ehler both thanked the Fillmore County Journal and the sponsors. “We appreciate the Fillmore County Journal for taking time to recognize our teachers,” stated Ehler. “It is indeed an honor and a privilege to have this award presented to two of our teachers

two years running,” said Ehler. Congratulations and a big Thank You to Ms. Dean who expects to be sitting in her

La-Z-Boy and cooking on the grill often after her retirement. Enjoy Ms. Dean!

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May 8, 2018 Chatfield Schools Kirk Affeldt 24 years, 4th Grade Adam Archer 13 years, HS Social Studies Kirsten Armstrong 19 years, 3rd Grade Renee Bakken, 26 years, Preschool Tom Bance 22 years, Elementary Phy Ed Travis Bartels 21 years, MS Math Brian Baum 28 years, HS Health Karla Becker 31 years, K-12 Speech Pathologist Lee Becker 21 years, MS Social Studies Carmen Berge 17 years, Kindergarten Joshua Berhow 9 years, 1st Grade Ann Bolton 26 years, Third Grade Julie Boyum 32 years, ADSIS Janet Bren 18 years, HS English

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May 8, 2018 Fillmore Central Schools Melissa Andering 19 years, 5th Grade Matthew Anderson 13 years, 6th Grade Sara Baskett 1 year, Elementary Art/3rd Grade Reading Connie Berg 25 years, Early Childhood Spec. Ed. Paula Birch 25 years, ECSE Speech Pathologist Jeanette Burns 13 years, 4th Grade Tara Corson 10 years, Pre-kindergarten Jeffery Dick 6 years, HS Social Studies Marsha Dowe 15 years, Alternative Learning Program Kelly Duff 7 years Kindergarten Jill Eerdmans 32 years, K-12 Library Media/ Technology Integration Michael Elliott 38 years, HS Science Karn Friedges 5 years, 2nd Grade Geri Himlie 25 years, HS Science/Special Ed. Brad Holten 23 years, HS Social Studies

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Rushford-Peterson Schools Rod Anderson 20 years, M.S. Math Jordan Aug 3 years, MS Social Studies Brenda Bergan 16 years, M.S. Special Education Crystal Bieberdorf 19 years, MS/HS Spanish Lisa Boyum 3 years, Grade 6 Carissa Breuer 3 years, Intervention Teresa Brown 31 years, Elementary Physical Education, Adaptive P.E. Jessica Burt 8 years, Grade 1 Emily Charlebois 10 years, Grade 5 Melissa Ciupik 2 years, Elementary SPED Samantha Cunningham 5 years, K-12 Art Jason Dahl 11 years, Grade 5 Maryellen Dean 38 years, Grade 3

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“The one thing that stands out about Ms. Dean is she models her expectations; she asks her students to treat others as they would like to be treated and she models that every day in the classroom, hallway and in all parts of her life, We are proud she is an exemplary person and lives up to the Rushford-Peterson school motto of ‘always our best.’”

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