Today we celebrate and honor first responders across our communities in northern Illinois

After retiring after 35 years teaching at La Salle-Peru High School in May 2021, Bill Booker has taken on a part time job teaching PE three days a week at Mendota Holy Cross

Digging into the individual student and finding out what motivates them or helps them grasp a lesson, continues to be a large part of what Delvallee does with each class she comes across.

Working with kids came naturally to Devert after being the youngest of six children, working as a babysitter growing up and watching her older sister man a classroom for many years before her.

After beginning her career in education as an aid in Bureau Valley for a few years, Tracey Schoff decided to further explore her interest and pursued a full-time teaching degree. This decision has now led to a 17-year career teaching kids in BV, just as she once was.

Read our letters to Bureau County teachers submitted by students and parents to the Bureau County Republican for our 2023 Thank You Teachers

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Local educators featured in our Thank You Teachers special section in the Bureau County Republican.

Welcome to our tribute to Bureau County teachers for 2022. Thank you, teachers.

Read our letters submitted by students and parents submitted to the Bureau County Republican