2024-25 School Year

Featured Story: Mr. Warrick, Teacher of the Week
Posted on 12/30/2023
This is the image for the news article titled Featured Story: Mr. Warrick, Teacher of the WeekCongratulations to Mr. Warrick at Rodgers Elementary for being selected as Jay Towers’ 100.3 WNIC Teacher of the Week! The beloved Physical Education teacher was recognized by Promotions Coordinator Steve Wettlaufer from I Heart Radio.

Mr. Warrick has been teaching for 6 years. When he heard about being named Teacher of the Week he was surprised, but felt appreciative.  The plaque's temporary home will be in the current gym, but he's excited to hang it in the new gym this spring.  

He explained, "Truthfully, I am very happy to have been nominated, but any one of my colleagues could be chosen any week of the year! The work everyone does to ensure a quality education for our students needs to be celebrated as much as possible! I’m very proud of where I say I work and it’s because of everyone there! I would just like to say thank you to whoever it was that nominated me.  Their words mean a lot more to me than they think."

Nominations are made by listeners through the station’s website and each Teacher of the Week receives a $100 Kroger gift card and a plaque to honor the recognition. For the first time in the station's history, a Physical Education teacher has been honored.

Current teachers Mrs. Pillars, Mrs. DiCosmo, Mrs. Sheats, and Mrs. Brown have also received this award!

👏 In an effort to find additional ways to celebrate our staff, we request that families fill out the information below for staff who are rock stars in their classrooms and school communities: https://forms.gle/YgLauVNoDkwHULsg6

In an email to all staff, Superintendent Dr. DiPonio wrote, "There’s little arguing that we work in challenging times, and we are all called to do more to help our kids and our community. I have witnessed firsthand the daily acts of selflessness, compassion, inspiration, and drive it takes to push our kids to be the best they can be. The work you do is important. The work you do makes a difference. Thank you for choosing to give of your time and talent to this community; you are appreciated more than you realize."

We truly feel that we have the most hard working and dedicated staff at Lake Shore!