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Friday, February 10, 2006
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Brainerd's Hegstrom, Pequot's Tschida selected Teacher of Year semifinalists
Staff Writer Two area social studies teachers have been named semifinalists for 2006 Minnesota Teacher of the Year.
Kathy Hegstrom, the 2005 Brainerd Teacher of the Year, and Tracy Tschida, the 2005 Pequot Lakes Teacher of the Year, are two of 27 semifinalists selected out of an initial field of 119 candidates from across the state. A selection panel of 22 community leaders who chose the semifinalists will meet again near the end of March to select about 10 finalists.
The current Minnesota Teacher of the Year, Glen Sorenson, will announce his successor on May 7 during a banquet at The Northland Inn and Conference Center in Brooklyn Park.
Hegstrom has taught German and so-cial studies for 34 years with 20 of those years spent at Brainerd High School. She previously taught in Pequot Lakes and in 1983 was named Pequot Lakes Teacher of the Year.
"I'm honored," Hegstrom said of being named a semifinalist. "Proud as ever to represent the Brainerd teachers and all the teachers I've ever worked with."
Tschida, who has taught for 10 years with nine of those years at Pequot Lakes High School, teaches psychology, an American history honors course, American government and world history. She previously worked for two years as a youth minister in the Twin Cities.
"I'm so speechless," Tschida said Thursday when informed she was named a semifinalist. "I can't believe it. This is amazing. What an honor. I'm humbled."
Education Minnesota, the state's largest teachers' union, organizes and underwrites the Minnesota Teacher of the Year program with support from other organizations and businesses.
JODIE TWEED can be reached at jodie.tweed@brainerddispatch.com or 855-5858.
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