A Kewanee High School teacher is a finalist for the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. Kindra Callahan is one of 30 finalists from an original pool of 470 nominations, as announced in ...

Aberle teaches high school social studies and English and is one of 30 finalists in the state out of more than 470 ...

Johnson was named one of the 30 statewide finalists out of more than 470 applicants for the Golden Apple Award for Excellence ...

Six Rockford area teachers were awarded the Golden Apple for teaching excellence during surprise deliveries. Here's who won.

Another Golden Apple finalist, working at Thornton Fractional South High School about 15 miles away, is Spanish language teacher Jordan Oliva. In his fifth year of teaching in District 215 ...

Kellie Kim, a special education resource teacher at Cherry Valley Elementary School, was awarded a Golden Apple Award for excellence in teaching. Kim, the first special education resource teacher ...

(WSIL) -- The 2025 Golden Apple Award of Excellence in Teaching finalists have been announced, and one of them happens to be a teacher from southern Illinois. Karen Engelmann, a 15-year teacher at ...

COBDEN, Ill. (WSIL) -- A Cobden educator is a finalist for a Golden Apple Teaching Award. Karen Engelmann is a Family and Consumer Sciences teacher at Cobden Jr./Sr. High School. She was named as ...

"I think I relate to children. I like to help them explore the world around them and how they relate to the world around them.

Six Rockford-area teachers were surprised in their classrooms Thursday morning as winners of the 2025 Golden Apple Award, ...