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Colleen Williams has experienced many emotions over the last year teaching second grade students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Terror, pride and confusion have been some. During the first three months ...

Running out of time to complete a learning unit on math fractions, Concord Elementary third grade teacher Brianne Sinden turned to her “team” of fellow second and third grade teachers. Second grade ...

Madonna Poggendorf will close out her 40-year teaching career, the last 38 of which came teaching second grade at Judith Giacoma Elementary School in her hometown of Westville, when she retires at the ...

It wasn’t long after she started attending school that Barb McCauley realized she wanted to stay in school for life. “Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to be a teacher,” she said. “I just loved ...

Jodi Saunders is in her fourth year of teaching second grade at St. Thomas Catholic School in Philo, after spending 12 years in the Champaign and Urbana school districts. Multimedia Specialist Jodi ...