Greendale Teacher is Wisconsin Middle School Teacher of the Year

GREENDALE, WI — A Greendale Middle School teacher was honored as the 2019 Middle School Teacher of the Year by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Erin McCarthy, an eighth-grade social studies teacher was honored with the award on May 8 during an all-school assembly.

"I want to make sure that every student has their voice heard, but also see themselves reflected in America’s story," McCarthy said in a statement to JSOnline this week. "So when you look around my classroom you should see someone who looks like you and you should hear the story of someone from the past who made history who looks like you."