 | On June 20, 1982, Jerry Brien of Bayland Educators was able to provide a miracle for his brother, Jim: a kidney that would allow Jim to lead a healthy life.
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 | Students and staff from
Cooper Elementary School
gathered to honor Margaret
Heyn, a 3rd-grade
teacher in the Sheboygan
Area School District, who was
recently named the recipient
of the Wisconsin Agriculture
in the Classroom
Outstanding Teacher
Award. |
 | The WEA Academy collaborates with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to host the Japan–Wisconsin Education Connection. |
 | As a part of a Veterans Day special presentation at South Elementary School in Reedsburg, Nydia Pietri, LMC paraprofessional, volunteered to try on the bomb squad suit. |
 | Lori Neurohr of Kohler, Wisconsin's representative in the national Teacher of the Year program, meets with Dr. Henry Levin of Columbia University at the NEA Research Visiting Scholars program in Washington, D.C. |
 | Carol Jacobs, Stoughton Education Association Action Team leader, presents a check for $1,620 to Ruth Fortney of the Stoughton Food Pantry. |
 | Honorary Chairperson Tina Driver, wife of Green Bay Packer Donald
Driver, chats with Green Bay Education Association President David
Harswick at the Give-a-Kid-a-Book Campaign kick-off. |
 | First-graders from Redgranite Elementary School describe why their school is great . The school was recently designated a Blue Ribbon School. |
 | Members of the Student WEA set up a booth on Library Mall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison October 23 to talk to college students about the need to make college more affordable. |
 | Northside Elementary School staff in the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District participated in Lee Denim Day, which has become one of the largest single-day fundraisers nationwide for breast cancer research. |
 | Students in the Oakfield (Fond du Lac County) Technology Education course show off the electric/solar powered vehicle they designed and built as part of an alternative energy unit. |
 | Northwest United Educators hosted a PDP Team Training conference on October 22 in Rice Lake. |
 | Educators from the Appleton Area School District participated in the Fox Cities Half Marathon September 21 in Menasha. |
 | Angela Kelly of Fox-TV (Channel 11 news) interviews Anne Rusch, co-vice president of the Appleton Paraprofessional Association, during a food drive that garnered one ton of food and $425 in donations. |
 | Salem teacher Anne Woodward enjoys a lunch break with students at Inagi Daigo Jr. High School in Japan. Anne was participating in the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program. |
 | Twenty-seven staff members from Salem Grade School competed in the Women’s Danskin Triathlon on July 13, 2008, in Pleasant Prairie. |
 | Pam Stiglitz, president of the Oak Creek Paraprofessional Aides, speaks at a South Milwaukee news conference calling on the city to place a health care reform advisory referendum on the November ballot. |
 | Trainers Kim Wiemer Noyce and Kathy Rohde have posted a slideshow of photos from Summer Academy to a Shutterfly page. |
 | Members of the Reedsburg Education Association lend their help to flood victims in their area by donating a check to the Reedsburg Area Flood Team organization. |
 | WEAC President Mary Bell presents a $50,000 contribution to Working America - Wisconsin on behalf of WEAC to Wisconsin State AFL-CIO President David Newby. |
 | Several Council #10 members joined other WEAC members from around the state at the 2008 NEA Represenative Assembly in Washington, D.C. Read more |
 | Sarah Baier (left), a 4th-grade teacher at Hayward’s Intermediate School, and Barb Chiszar, activity and athletic director at Hayward Community Schools, show off the awards they won for their character education program.
WEAC is a key sponsor of the Character Education Conference. |
 | WEAC Secretary-Treasurer Betsy Kippers, right, receives thanks from Ann Thundercloud of the Ho-Chunk Nation as a token of appreciation for WEAC's support toward the development of the Native American Tourism of Wisconsin Education Package. |
 | About 40 Milton teachers and supporters rallied outside the school district offices and then packed a school board meeting. |
 | NEA directors join together to help organize a group of education support professionals in the Boulder, Colorado area. |
 | The Grafton Paraprofessional and Aides Association’s (GPAA) week-long
drive to collect new and gently used shoes garnered 775 pairs of footwear that will be
given to local charity organizations. |
 | Woodman’s employee Jack Bandemer and Turner Education Association member/RVEP Vice President Sarah Stelter stand together as the Rock Valley Education Professionals support unionized Woodman's employees at a rally in Janesville. |
 | Teachers gather to support the Stoughton Education Association in a rally for a fair contract. |
 | Oconto Falls High School Principal Bruce Russell (left) and Edward Johnson of Clintonville, a member of the WEAC Scholarship Committee, congratulate student Ben Nielsen, who is this year's winner of WEAC's Kathy Mann Scholarship. |
 | WEAC-Retired member Carol Bertram of Platteville donned a Cat in the Hat outfit and read a Dr. Seuss book to children at an Australian school. She was in Australia visiting relatives. |
 | Mark Honold, who teaches in the Gibraltar School District in Door County, is presented with the National Director of the Year for Migrant Services Award at the National Association of State Directors of Migrant Education Conference in Orlando Florida. |
 | Twenty-six retirees representing more than 700 years of service to public education attended the Northwest United Educators annual retirement dinner at Lehman's Supper Club in Rice Lake. |
 | Southern Lakes United Educators-Retired awarded $1,000 in grants to five teachers whose proposals would benefit a number of teachers and their students over an extended period of time. |
 | WEAC Executive Director Dan Burkhalter and President Mary Bell address WEAC-Retired Annual Conference at the Madison Sheraton Hotel. |
 | Twenty-seven students are honored at the Northeast United Educators (NUE) Outstanding Student Banquet. Students were chosen from each of NUE's school districts. |
 | The South West Education Association held its annual legislative dinner on April 14, 2008. |
 | More than 200 Student WEA members painted, cleaned, fixed and brightened schools in Prescott to demonstrate their commitment to schools, children and their future profession. |
 | The Ashwaubenon Education Association, the Ashwaubenon Education Support Professionals, and the Ashwaubenon Substitute Teacher Association worked together to sponsor the first annual Gift of Education Dinner at Ashwaubenon High School. |
 | Mosinee students, teachers and staff shave their heads to raise money for cancer research. |
 | Helen Burton, a special education teacher in Sharon, receives a $2,000 TEACH award from Best Buy in her community. |
| WEAC President Mary Bell chats with students at Hillcrest Elementary School in Ellsworth as part of the school's Read Across America celebration. See other celebrations held in schools throughout Wisconsin. |
 | Read Across America festivities were a big hit at Clement Avenue Elementary School in Milwaukee. |
 | Friends gathered around for a fiesta as part of Winter Conference. The dinner was hosted by WEA Trust. |
 | The Midwest Leadership Conference, January 18-20 in Minneapolis, provided an opportunity for WEAC Board members to become better acquainted. |
 | The second annual Northwest United Educators (NUE) Reading Celebration - held at Cedar Mall in Rice Lake - was well attended by community members and visitors from the surrounding area. |
 | WEAC President Mary Bell meets with Hudson's six National Board Certified teachers. While visiting Hudson, Bell toured classrooms, talked with members, and addressed the local association meeting |
 | WEAC members Keith and Amy Medema were two of the winners of tickets to a Badgers baskeball game at the Kohl Center in Madison on January 19. |
 | Members of the Berlin Education Association along with some students walked and handed out pencils in the Berlin Christmas parade. |
 | Cindy Heegeman, Ann Mayer and Pam Cornell of the Appleton Paraprofessional Association ring bells for the Salvation Army. Members of the association served as volunteer bell ringers at 10 locations throughout Appleton. |
 | Luck teachers demonstrate their support of lifelong learning by presenting a "scholarship to the community" in the form of a $1,000 donation to the Luck Library Museum, which is in the process of being built. |
 | The Northland Pines Education Association collected 1,029 items of food and delivered them to the Vilas County Food Pantry on December 13, in time for holiday delivery to those in need within the community. |
 | Peter E. Roller, author of "The Crook’d Staff," was guest speaker at the Southern Lakes United Educators-Retired annual silent auction which raised $608 for the current educators grant fund. |
 | Promotions for WEAC, and its Great Schools message, appear regularly on the scoreboard and electronic advertising strip that wraps around the Kohl Center in Madison. |
 | Sarah Allen, a teacher at Irving Elementary School in West Allis, is working in Colombia, South America this school year through the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program. |
 | Oakfield High School construction students use hands-on activities to learn the principles of engineering. |
 | Members of the Wausau Education Association and Wausau Education Support Professionals join together in the very cold weather to protest the school board's refusal to negotiate fair contracts |
 | Members of the Little Chute Education Association and their families line up before the
Little Chute Kiwanis Christmas Parade. |
 | Sun Prairie kindergarten teacher Darlene Grady was one of 197 teachers from across the United States to go to Japan for three weeks this summer. The Japanese government paid for everything because they believe that “seeing is believing.” Their goal is to have teachers see Japan with their own eyes. |
 | John and Wendy Lucht enjoy Lambeau Field as the Green Bay Packers take on the Minnesota Vikings on November 11. John Lucht, a teacher at Prairie View Elementary School in East Troy, won the tickets through an OnWEAC trivia contest. To play the latest contest, visit the Members Only page. The prize is two tickets to a UW men's basketball game. |
 | Verona Area School District Superintendent Dean Gorrell found himself back in the classroom teaching math after losing a friendly wager involving the University of Wisconsin-University of Iowa football game. |
 | Merrill teacher Connie Scantlin gets some last-minute tips before her on-camera appearance as part of the second phase of an effort by the WEAC Public Relations Department to put a real face on the issues surrounding public education in our state. |
 | These students of Oakfield High School industrial arts teacher Paul Helm came to the aid of resident Fred Williams, who needed a ramp to access his home. |
 | Tavis Smiley, keynote speaker at the kickoff of Convention, draws in the crowd of educators as he talks about the power of a teacher, saying,
“I believe teachers are the most undervalued resource in our society... There is no more noble profession than educating our children." |
 | Kathy McGrath, a kindergarten teacher at Port Edwards Elementary School, was the grand prize winner in children's author Jan Brett's "Lunch on the Bus" contest. McGrath, center, was accompanied to the event by her daughters, from left, Kelly McGrath and Molly Lawry, and her sister, Jean Osteraas. |
 | Betsy Kippers, WEAC secretary-treasurer, speaks at the Appleton Paraprofessional Association's fall general meeting. Kippers talked about the four levels to which association members belong (local, WEAC-Fox Valley , WEAC, NEA) and gave a brief summary of each. |
 | Audrey Lesondak, an English as a second language teacher at Patrick Marsh Middle School in Sun Prairie, visits Russia as a Fulbright-Hays Groups Abroad Fellow. |
 | Janesville Education Association members, without a contract for three months, rally for fair negotiations. About 300 members, their families and friends joined to take their message to the board of education. WEAC President Mary Bell attended, saying, “We’re calling on your school district to do the right thing." |
 | Dr. Greg Maass, Superintendent of Fond du Lac School District, runs with the children participating in the 100-yard dash at the Run for Schools event held at Fond du Lac High School in September. The Run for Schools celebrates the important role our public schools play in supporting our communities. |
 | Greenfield teachers join with the Greenfield Education Foundation at a food booth at the Midwest Regional Firefighter Combat Challenge in September. Teachers volunteered to staff the booth, which raised funds for two organizations that benefit students in Greenfield schools. |
 | Glenn Schmidt, a WEAC member of the NEA Board of Directors, represents NEA at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol about SCHIP, the State Children's Health Insurance Plan. Schmidt addressed TV and print journalists about the effects a threatened presidential veto would have on schoolchildren. |
 | Teacher Cary Bonikowske welcomes WEAC President Mary Bell into her classroom. Bell visited Clayton Elementary School in Neenah on September 20, 2007 to meet members and read to first grade students. |
 | Teacher Kris Grasley (left) hugs Ruthie Melzer, whose husband Bob was killed in a bicycle accident this summer. The Neenah Education Association renamed its annual food drive in his memory. |
 | Ken Sajdak, head bargainer of the Education Association of Waukesha, models a bandage printed with "Real Solutions… Not Band-Aids." For the first time in 10 years, the EAW started school this fall without a contract. |
 | The Eau Claire Association of Educators Executive Committee took time to visit with NEA President Reg Weaver when he visited their school district on August 30 to mark the start of the school year. Weaver's visit raised morale and made it clear that members matter and that Eau Claire is "on the map." |
 | Stephanie Schneider, Tjuna Eggson and Jim Skwarek were among members of the Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association who joined forces August 23, 2007, with AFSCME to support funding for public schools and other public services. |
 | Cherokee Heights Middle School student Kyale, WEAC Secretary-Treasurer Betsy Kippers (center) and Wisconsin First Lady Jessica Doyle are pictured August 9, 2007 at WEAC’s Great Schools Exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair. “The exhibit is so kid friendly and all the teachers here have so much positive energy,” Doyle said. |
 | Two Wisconsin teachers were among 17 in the nation selected to participate in a conflict resolution workshop hosted by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) in Washington, D.C. (July 20 - August 3, 2007). |
 | Southern Lakes United Educators-Retired recently awarded $567 in grants to five teachers whose proposals would benefit a number of teachers and their students over an extended period of time. |
 | MTEA members were instrumental in the 2007 Gallery Night and Day in Milwaukee, highlighting the importance of art education. The student art exhibit will remain open through September at
PyraMax Bank, 318 N. Water St. Story |
 | WEAC's 2007 Summer Academy was held July 31 to August 1 in Stevens Point. More than 200 members participated in the annual event, which combines learning opportunities with fun and friendship. |
 | Enthusiastic children visit WEAC's Great Schools booth at the Wisconsin State Fair in West Allis. Every year, WEAC members and their families and friends volunteer to greet thousands of children and adults who visit the booth to engage in fun activities and learn about Great Schools. |