Hufford Teacher Selected as Teacher of the Month

Congratulations to Hufford Junior High special education teacher Katie Walsh who was selected as a University of St. Francis/WJOL Teacher of the Month. Katie was surprised during lunch with some of her students. Katie received a prize pack from USF that includes a voucher for professional development courses ($780 value). She was also interviewed on STAR FM. Katie joins the other Joliet Public Schools District 86 teachers who were also selected as Teacher of the Month this year: Alita Guerrero (Gompers Junior High), Nicole Sanchez-Paramo (Forest Park Individual Education (I.E.) School), and Georgia Balderas (Farragut Elementary). Congratulations also to the following District 86 teachers that were nominated for USF/WJOL Teacher of the Month program. Those teachers include: Katie Chengary (Hufford Junior High), Benquila Lewis (Carl Sandburg Elementary), Marilyn Coleman (Farragut Elementary), Carrie O’Donoghue (Pershing Elementary), Elizabeth Duran (A.O. Marshall Elementary), Andrew Rodriguez (Forest Park I.E. School), Zoe Horrigan (Forest Park I.E. School), Amie Sallese (Forest Park I.E. School), Angie Kot (Forest Park I.E. School), Betsy Satcher (Forest Park I.E. School), and Katherine Kram (Woodland Elementary).