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Sunset Ridge Elementary School and Interactive Financial Simulation
PUBLISHER/EDITOR: Renee Feight Middleton High School Partner to Keep Preps Hamilton Seniors For Life
EDITOR: Andria Reinke the Greenhouse Going Over the Summer . . . . . Page 4 After High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 14
PAGE COMPOSITION: Andrew Clausen
WEBMASTER: Scott Bayerl Hands-On Environmental Education at the Beloit Memorial High School Awarded
E . B . Shurts Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6
$25,000 State Grant to Build On-Campus
SPECIAL ASSISTANT: Allie Zacharias
CNA Lab for 2026–2027 Launch . . . . . . . . . . . Page 16
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Please direct all inquiries to: Wisconsin’s 2026 Outstanding Educators
renee@teachingtodaywi.com Problem Solving Super Learners . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 10
Teaching Today WI™ is an independent Recognized by Herb Kohl Educational
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materials submitted due to grammar, content and Shuttles Span Generations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 12
space allowances. Articles, photos and artwork Announcing Wisconsin’s 2026 Principals
submitted to Teaching Today WI™ are assumed to Two Middleton High School Students of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 25
be released by the submitter for publication. Receive Governor’s Financial Literacy
Teaching Today MN™ Parkside Elementary Earns Prestigious
Transportation Today WI™ Award for Their Finance Class for 2026 National Gold Star Award . . . . . . . . . . . Page 26
Manufacturing Today WI™ Middle Schoolers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 14

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Students building . . . houses, sheds, and more Applications for the 2027 Award Cycle Teachers
  STEM and Principals opens on Monday August 3, 2026.

  Awards & Honors The deadline for all applications is January 5, 2027
at 5pm Central Time.
Teachers, watch for a special email coming soon
to your inbox. Please visit our web site for deadlines, information and nomination process.
Please contact:
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