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New Jersey, Meet Your 'Top Educator Of The Year'
Stefanie Lachenauer always puts her students first. Lachenauer, a civics and mindfulness teacher at Montgomery Upper Middle School in the Montgomery Township School District, earned the 2024-2025 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year. She remains in the runnings for the national award. ALSO SEE: Top Educator In Each Of NJ's 21 Counties (Nominees) Lachenauer has taught at Montgomery Township for 18 years and her work has fostered socially conscious learners and has positively affected the health and well-being of both students and staff in the school district, the state Depart…
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Top Educators In Each Of NJ's 21 Counties Named
The New Jersey Department of Education has named the top 21 educators in the state. The department released the list of the 2024-25 New Jersey County Teachers of the Year on Tuesday, Aug. 6. They are: Atlantic County: Carly Broomhead, Visual Arts Teacher at Emma C. Attales Middle School in the Absecon School District Bergen County: Margarita Diakos, Special Education Teacher at Ramsey High School in the Ramsey School District Burlington County: Margaret Fanourgakis, Health & Physical Education Teacher at Shawnee High School in the Lenape Regional Hi…
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NJ School Official 'Robbed' On 'Wheel Of Fortune'? Twitter Users Slam Host Pat Sajak
Neeta Varshney, a STEM Supervisor at Clark Public Schools was on "Wheel Of Fortune" last week, though her appearance left viewers fuming at host Pat Sajak. While playing "Toss Up", Varshey attempted to solve the puzzle and guessed "an a moment's notice." Sajak ruled her incorrect. Another contestant buzzed in and guessed "at a moment's notice" and won the $2,000. Several fans of the show said Varshey was robbed and that she did say "at a moment's notice," only Sajak did not understand her accent. @WheelofFortune You all robbed Neetu on last night's episode. She said the first to puzz…
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These Are NJ's Top 21 Teachers
The New Jersey Department of Education released its list of top 21 teachers in the state. One teacher from each county was selected as a finalist for the department's Teacher of the Year award. The teachers demonstrate "exemplary" educational leadership qualities seen in New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy said. A panel of educators will select the Teacher of the Year in October. Finalists are: Atlantic: Leslie Kronemeyer: Mainland Regional High School Spanish teacher Bergen: Leah Jerome, Pascack Valley High School social studies teacher Burlington: Michelle-Anne…
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: Gov. Murphy Surprises 'Inspiring' Hackensack Teacher During Class
Phil Murphy was the last person Fanny Meyers Hillers teacher Norma Hernandez expected to see Tuesday. But in the New Jersey governor walked to surprise Hernandez -- an English as a second language teacher -- and her students on National Teacher Appreciation Day. Hernandez, a teacher for nearly two decades, has received many awards including the Governor's Educator of the Year award and two Teacher of the Year awards. Murphy honored Hernandez with a proclamation, which he read to her and her students. "Because of Ms. Hernandez, thousands of students have a thirst for knowledge, a soli…
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Fair Lawn Sisters From Family Of Educators Are Both 'Teachers Of The Year'
FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- Two sisters from Fair Lawn were both named "Teacher of the Year" in New Jersey. Kelly Braff, 29, teaches Kindergarten at the Radburn Elementary School. Her sister, 27-year-old Tracy Osback, teaches first grade in Guttenberg. Kelly was the first of the two to discover she earned this year's award (representing the Radburn School). Tracy found out she was nominated the following month (of Anna L. Klein School). "It was a complete surprise," said Kelly said, whose husband is also a teacher. "It's hard to get the award, and the odds of us both gettin…
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