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Yahoo
07-05-2025
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Golden Apple winners Monday during ceremony at MSSU
The Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce and Liberty announced the winner of the 2025 Golden Apple Awards Monday during a ceremony at Corley Auditorium at Missouri Southern State University. This year, 52 teachers from Joplin's private and public schools were nominated by peers, students and parents. Winners are: Kindergarten to Second Grade • Stephanie Lynch, Soaring Heights Elementary School Third to Fifth Grade • Erin Geeding, McKinley Elementary School Sixth to Eighth Grade • Ann Landrum, New Heights Christian Academy Ninth to Twelfth Grade • Brad Douglas, Joplin High School
Yahoo
06-05-2025
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Joplin teachers honored with 2025 Golden Apple awards
JOPLIN, Mo. — Teachers in the Joplin School District are being recognized for their hard work. On Monday (5/5), the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce along with Liberty Utilities, announced the recipients for the 2025 Golden Apple Awards. The awards ceremony took place at Corley Auditorium on the campus of Missouri Southern State University. This year, 52 teachers from Joplin`s private and public schools were nominated by peers, students, and parents. For 40 years, the Golden Apple Awards have recognized excellence in the teaching profession and informed the public of exceptional quality of instruction in the Joplin community. 'The fact that a program can last for multiple decades, honoring sometimes a profession we take for granted is just amazing, and it's got to feel good to the school district, to the teachers, to the parents, to the kids. I remember nominating teachers when I was in high school, and I think we have a lot of that, that happens with these awards,' said Valerie Searcy, Chairperson for the Joplin Schools Golden Apple Award. Here are the 2025 Golden Apple Award winners: Kindergarten — 2nd Grade: Stephanie Lynch, Soaring Heights Elementary 3rd — 5th Grade: Erin Geeding, McKinley Elementary 6th — 8th Grade: Ann Landrum, New Heights Christian Academy 9th — 12th Grade: Brad Douglas, Joplin High School Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
