Golden Apple

May’s Golden Apple Award winner is a hero inside and outside the classroom. Miss Kourtney Liggett, an Army veteran from Speedway, uses Marvel movies to help motivate her fifth-grade students in Wayne Township.

Students at Chapelwood Elementary School say Liggett’s motto is “Be the model.” With that phrase, she helps students lead the way, every day.

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Students at Pike High School say Ms. Leiwanna (Wannie) Taylor connects with them through culture and care. We have an honest conversation with her about how she got started as a Spanish teacher, how travel plays a part in her continued education and her insight for parents.

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Ms. Leiwanna (Wannie) Taylor is a Spanish teacher at Pike High School who also speaks the language of high school students. She connects with them through culture and care. Ms. Taylor’s creative approach and passion for the subject make her una excelente profesora de español.

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Mr. Dustin Homan is an educator at Purdue Polytechnic High School North in Indianapolis, where all teachers are called ‘coaches.’ He chose to go into education in the middle of the pandemic, to help kids. Now, his students say his coaching is changing lives. Hear this honest conversation about what keeps Coach Homan so passionate about teaching.

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Mr. Dustin Homan gets kids out of the classroom with life-changing field trips and helps students “brew” a coffee business to pay for those experiences. One student said, “It’s almost like he tricked us into learning, in a weird way.” Hear why students and fellow staff nominated him for the Golden Apple Award!

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An in-depth conversation with Mrs. Amy Kamwendo about her philosophy on teaching. She said, "I have them for such a short amount of time in their lives and you have to make it count." Hear how she creates a bond with students and the impact her own music teacher had on her life.

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Mrs. Amy Kamwendo makes all of her students the stars at Guion Creek Middle School by supporting them with love. Kamwendo helps students shine on and off the stage in Pike Township. Now, her choir and musical theater students are singing her praises.

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Mr. Nathaniel Truitt and his student representatives - Sam Hoffman, Cody Morris, and Maya Smiley - from Hinkle Creek Elementary School have an in-depth conversation about their 'class family' and what makes it so special. From student responsibilities to learning more about what inspires Mr. Truitt, we learn how family can be a crucial part of education.

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At Hinkle Creek Elementary School, students in the third grade understand the meaning of family. It’s all thanks to their teacher, Nathaniel Truitt, and his “class family.” Truitt’s classroom does not have typical desks. Instead, it is furnished like a family room with dining room tables, couches, and family pictures on the walls. 

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Listen to what inspired Ms. Ali DeHart to students with special needs and learn more about her work with Miss Amazing!

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