Searching for the full winner’s list? Here are the Red Hot Best Winners 2021: The Best of Northern Michigan.
Above the Bridge Winner
Heather May, Mackinac Island Public School, Mackinac Island
Ms. May teaches music and art at the Pre-K through Grade 12 school—with approximately 60 students! Kids walk or ride bikes to school in the fall and spring, and come winter, snowmobiles are the most common mode of transportation.
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Benzie & Leelanau Winner
Racquel Huddleston, Benzie Central, Benzonia
Racquel Huddleston has been a teacher at Benzie Central Middle/High School since 1995. She knows the school well, having graduated there a “little” while ago. Mrs. Huddleston teaches biology and also coaches middle school track, 7th-grade girls’ basketball and helps facilitate the Recycling trailer for Benzie Recyclers.
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Cadillac, Manistee & Ludington Winner
Bryan Morgan, OJ DeJonge Middle School, Ludington
Mr. Morgan has had training in PBL (Project-Based Learning), which helps students learn by doing through solving problems, participating in simulations, conducting case studies and designing research projects.
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Charlevoix & Chain of Lakes Winner
Jennifer Hall, Lakeland Elementary, Elk Rapids
Mrs. Hall has been teaching in the Elk Rapids District since 2007, after graduating from Saginaw Valley State University in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and a minor in Early Childhood Education.
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Gaylord, Kalkaska & Grayling Winner
Tawni Deike, Forest Area High School, Fife Lake
Mrs. Deike teaches math and music to Fife Lake students. Her motto: “We study math to understand the universe; we study music to understand the soul.”
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Petoskey, Harbor Springs & The Straits Winner
Robin Crane, Concord Academy of Petoskey, Petoskey
Robin Crane is a special education teacher at Concord Academy. The K-12 school works to develop critical and creative thinking through the integration of fine arts into the sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), utilizing project-based instruction and multi-age experiences.
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Traverse City Winner
Chandra Fles, Traverse Heights Elementary, Traverse City
Chandra Fles teaches third grade at Traverse Heights, one of 11 elementary schools in the TCAPS District. The school has 17 container gardens, an outdoor hoop house, an indoor greenhouse and solar panels installed on the roof to produce energy and also educational opportunities.
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