1. Board of Education Meeting
March 21, 2016

2. Julie Rock – Michigan American Legion Teacher of the Year
Fifth Grade Teacher at Keewahdin Elementary
December 2014: Honored by Board of Education
Spring 2015: Received the district’s first-ever Educator of the Year Award

3. Julie Rock – Michigan American Legion Teacher of the Year
Selected as one of five “Teacher of the Year” award winners from the American Legion’s Michigan Department of Education

4. Julie Rock – Michigan American Legion Teacher of the Year
As “Teacher of the Year”
$500 grant
Recognition plaque
Presentation ceremony in Sault Ste. Marie
Merit of the award is based on a teacher’s “competence, community involvement and patriotism/Americanism.”

5. Julie Rock – Michigan American Legion Teacher of the Year
“The majority of Julie’s students pass a citizenship test near the end of each school year. Her students interview veterans and active duty military member and write tribute essays every year. These tributes are then compiled into a booklet to share with service members. She leads her students in special lessons that are prepared and presented for Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Pearl Harbor Day, Constitution Day and President’s Day. Julie does a very thorough job of teaching U.S. Citizen’s rights and responsibilities to her fifth grade students. She often shows a comparison of many other countries that lack these same rights. Her class initiated and coordinated a “Wounded Warriors” Valentine’s Day drive. Each of her students participate in the “Why I am Proud to be an American” essay contest, and she has proudly had a local winner in the past.”
-- Gary Bates, Keewahdin Principal

6. Julie Rock – Michigan American Legion Teacher of the Year
“Mrs. Rock is a fifth-grade teacher at Keewahdin Elementary. She is the complete package. She has incredibly high standards for herself and for every student she has the privilege to teach. She constantly innovates and advocates…”
-- One of the supporting comments from her nomination as “Educator of the Year”

7. Julie Rock – Michigan American Legion Teacher of the Year
Thank you Mrs. Rock for continuing your efforts to always improve upon excellence and make impact on your students.