We are thrilled to recognize 𝓜𝓼. 𝓣𝓻𝓪𝓬𝔂 𝓥𝓸𝓲𝓰𝓽, 7th Grade Math Teacher at Lake Mills Middle School, as December’s Rotary Teacher of the Month! 

𝓜𝓼. 𝓥𝓸𝓲𝓰𝓽 has dedicated 29 years to teaching math at Lake Mills Middle School and even completed her student teaching right here in Lake Mills. She was selected based on nominations from #LCatPride students, families, and colleagues who shared how deeply she has impacted their learning and lives.

Here’s what nominators shared about her impact:
“𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠. 𝑀𝑠. 𝑉𝑜𝑖𝑔𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠—ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑡𝑦𝑙𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑠 𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑒’𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑚𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑠. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚, 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟-𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑊𝐸𝐵 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟. 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑠𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑑. 𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠, 𝐼’𝑣𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡—𝐼 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑡ℎ, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝐼 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑖𝑡. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑, 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝐼 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙. 𝑀𝑠. 𝑉𝑜𝑖𝑔𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑦.”

Please join us in congratulating 𝓜𝓼. 𝓥𝓸𝓲𝓰𝓽 on this well-deserved recognition!

 

 

 

We are thrilled to recognize 𝓜𝓻. 𝓓𝓪𝓷 𝓩𝓪𝓮𝓼𝓴𝓮, Physical Education Teacher at Lake Mills Elementary School, as January's 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉! 

𝓜𝓻. 𝓩𝓪𝓮𝓼𝓴𝓮 has been a teacher at Lake Mills Elementary School for the past 12 years, teaching 4th grade and now physical education, and was selected based on nominations from #LCatPride students, families, and colleagues.

Here’s what nominators shared about his impact: 

"𝘔𝘳. 𝘡𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦, 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺. 𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭—𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰, 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮, 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘺𝘮 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴—𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘳, 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘯𝘥, 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦, 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘖𝘈𝘛 𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭!"

Please join us in congratulating 𝓜𝓻. 𝓩𝓪𝓮𝓼𝓴𝓮 on this well-deserved recognition! 

(story & image credit to Lake Mills Area School District Facebook Page)

Our January Teacher of the Month is Nathan Koerber. He has been a Spanish teacher at Lakeside for over a decade. He has also served the student body as a coach and currently has additional administrative duties in the enrollment office. Mr. Koerber has ways of connecting with the students and often some of the kids that speak so highly of him, have never even taken Spanish classes...they just love Mr. Koerber!

 

Some student comments we received about Mr. Koerber are:

 

As mentioned above, one of our favorite things about Mr. Koerber is the way he fills the halls and the office with singing...sometimes even "Koerber" originals as he makes up ditties off the top of his head. He was also infamous in one of his first years at Lakeside for coming up with a "dab-of-the-day" when the dab was having a moment among teenagers. Another fun fact about Mr. Koerber is that he keeps his vast tie collection in his classroom and decides each morning which one he is going to wear that day. When he is not at Lakeside, Mr. Koerber is busy at home with his wife and 3 kids or working on home improvement projects. He is also a tea aficionado if you are looking for a good brew. We are so thankful for the many gifts Mr. Koerber brings to our Lakeside family and we are thrilled to have him as our January Teacher of the Month!