Golden Apple

September’s Golden Apple Award winner is Miss Sydni Jennings. She inspires students through her own experience in their shoes. While working toward her Masters degree, she has written a book and leads students after school in 'GEMS,' all while helping the community. We discuss how she stays inspired, even on the hard days, and how future teachers can learn from her story.

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September’s Golden Apple Award winner is Miss Sydni Jennings. She’s a Spanish teacher at Lawrence North High School, who grew up learning Spanish in Lawrence Township. Jennings is so loved as a teacher that without communicating or coordinating, six current and former students nominated Jennings for the WISH-TV Golden Apple Award.

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This school year WGU Indiana is teaming up with WISH-TV to surprise teachers in Indiana with the Golden Apple Award. New this school year is a $2,000 cash prize. WGU discusses the importance of giving exceptional educators this award.

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All nine teachers from the Class of 2024 were invited to the WISH-TV studios for the Golden Apple Grand Finale Special. One teacher was also honored as the Grand Finale Award winner.

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Mr. David Edison just finished his 3rd year teaching. In this conversation, we explore how he went from culinary school to being a teacher, how the first year of teaching can be TOUGH, and his advice to future teachers.

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May's Golden Apple Award winner is Mr. David Edison. He’s a science teacher in Wayne Township who uses throwback dances and songs to relate to his students.

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Mrs. Nikki Hendricks has been a teacher in Center Grove for 25 years. In this conversation, we explore what has changed during that time, her battle with cancer, and her new adventure writing books for kindergartners. She hits her 100-mile goal this month and prepares for a milestone moment at the mini-marathon.

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This month’s Golden Apple Award winner is Mrs. Nikki Hendricks. She has been a teacher in Center Grove for 25 years, but this year is unlike any other — she has breast cancer and is still teaching. In fact, she teamed up with one student to write a book to help kids for years to come.

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Miss Terrionna King goes by “Coach T” and cheers for students in the classroom and on the sidelines. As both a math coach and a cheer coach, she shares her journey of overcoming obstacles and using cheerleading to inspire others. Listen to her unique path into teaching and how not making the cheer team as a child, gave her the spirit to pursue her career today.

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March’s Golden Apple Award winner is Miss Terrionna King from Purdue Polytechnic High School Englewood. She goes by “Coach T” and cheers for students in the classroom and on the sidelines. That’s because she’s both a math coach and cheer coach and her path into teaching is rooted in cheerleading.

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