Calvin Purser has changed my son’s life. My son entered 4th grade after having suffered depression, anxiety, difficulty sleeping and shutting down due to severe bullying at a different school. The school change proved to be the best choice. I was working so hard to figure out how to help my son; he would do […]
If you ask our daughter (a senior) who is her favorite teacher of all the time she has spent in school the past 12 years, she will without hesitation say MR. DOWDLE!!! I don’t know of a finer teacher out there. I have seen him teach with such animated passion, brilliance and excitement. He loves […]
When Randall Kammerman gave up a good position in the business sector to be a high school business teacher, he knew that he would be giving his students knowledge and practice that would help them be more successful adults. As a high school student a few years ago, he was influenced by great mentor teachers […]
I represent my family in nominating Mr. Dennis Heidel, instrumental music teacher at Bennion Junior High school, for consideration as KSL Teacher Feature Award. Fourteen years ago Mr. Heidel left work in the private sector and became a junior high school music teacher where he has influenced the lives of more than 160 students each […]
Candis is a preschool teacher at the Utah School of the Deaf in Orem. This is the second year she has taught my son who has a hearing loss. Candis is the most amazing teacher I have ever encountered and I am a teacher myself. Every Monday we have an hour long therapy session where […]
Vickie Dean is an amazing educator and instructional leader for our school, Copper Hills Elementary in Magna, and educators all over the state of Utah. She is a technology wizard who shares her work with anyone who will use it to help kids achieve. She took the idea of a student data book and developed […]
Mrs. Bass has taught my son for the last two years at Woods Cross High School. My son is now a Junior. School is not where he wants to be. It is not easy to be somewhere every single day that you do not want to be and it is not easy to feel like […]
Mr. Gray is the school bus driver for my grandson. Kole is 7 years old and has autism. I have never known anyone like this wonderful person. He has been trying to help Kole to like getting on the bus and like going to school. In that effort, he has given Kole a pillow pet […]
The first time anyone looks through Mrs. Cathy Condie’s hall leading to her exciting classroom, they see artwork that looks like it should be in a museum but is created by every student in her fourth grade class! Every year as a parent, I look at the art even if my kids are not in […]
I don’t like not knowing when she will be home. I don’t like going to bed knowing that she will be up for hours still and only get a couple hours of sleep. I don’t like how she brings her work home with her and works all weekend. I don’t like how she answers her […]
I hope that you will consider the nomination of a pair of teachers that work together to make math and science come alive for their students. Math teacher Diane Crim brings her enthusiasm for math to school every day. She is brilliant in her ability to help students understand the relevance of math and how […]
In September, 2010, my daughter, Tiffany, who was just starting her junior year at Alta High School, was diagnosed with cancer. Since she was not able to attend school regularly, she was assigned to a home-hospital teacher, Ms. Elisa Posey. Ms. Posey was her home-hospital teacher for the next two years until she graduated from […]
I have listened to KSL News radio every morning for the last couple of years and each time I hear the ‘teacher feature’ presentation I always begin to think about who I would nominate for this award if I had the chance to do so. This past summer I graduated from the University of Utah. […]
Good teachers are found behind the doors of most classrooms, great teachers leave their doors open, but wonderful teachers like Mrs. Olney take their students and their experiences outside themselves and their classrooms to experience more than those walls can hold. Mrs. Olney, then, is the wonderful teacher who gives her students more experiences than […]
I met Carolyn Hirz a few years ago when she joined our Special Education team as a teacher for children with behavior disorders at Amelia Earhart Elementary. During the years that I have known her, I have been continually impressed with her amazing ability to work with children who have problems managing their own behavior. […]
Although I am not a resident of Utah nor a citizen of the USA I hope I would hope I can nominate an exceptional educator. I have read of the football coach at the above institution enacting a truly unique policy. In order to address class cutting, disrespect of teachers and other issues he asked […]
I would like to nominate Annette Taggart for Teacher Feature. Annette really enjoys her job as a substitute teacher in the Granite School District. There are many reasons why Annette is one of the most valuable substitutes that Granite District has. She is willing to go to any elementary school and fill in because she […]
Mrs. Worthington teaches the 2nd grade at Nebo View Elementary. She has a profound love for the children she teaches, as we have seen for the past two years. Mrs. Worthington taught two of our sons in consecutive years and our younger son struggled. When he came into Mrs. Worthington’s class, he was reading at […]
As the school year continues, we reflect on the many positive educational achievements that have occurred in our daughter because of her excellent teacher Mrs. Jones. Mrs. Jones makes sure each child in her fourth grade class reaches their personal best. Our daughter struggled daily going to school, enjoying school, and doing her work. Mrs. […]
I love having Mr. VanTassell as my physics teacher. This is my second year in his class. He is always willing to work with students to help them understand the material. Physics can be a difficult course to take and hard to understand, but with Mr. VanTassell’s help, I am now challenging myself in taking […]
I would like to nominate Jennifer Scott, Kindergarten teacher as a “Teacher Feature”. Jennifer has been at Aneth Community School for at least 10 years now, she started her work as a residential aide, become a paraprofessional left the school to obtain her teaching credential from Haskell Indian University. She was involved with Indian Education […]
Note: The following teacher was based out of the US Military Base in Japan and has since passed away… however we wanted to share a letter we received from one of her previous students. Thank you for sharing this letter with us Hunter Byers. My teacher feature is Mindy Garner. Mrs. Garner was one of […]
I went to school in Kearns, Utah. I had a most amazing 4th grade teacher. I don’t know if she is still alive, but would love for her and or her family to see what she did to change my life forever. I don’t know if this is the right venue, but I have tried […]
My wife didn’t get a good start in life she was born with Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI and sometimes known as brittle bone disease so she started life with a broken leg the day she was born , and an arm just a few days later , life was hard for her and her family moved […]
