November 2022

Danielle Callanan, a Teaching Professions Instructor and Saline County Career Center Instructional Coach, and Liberty Gotmer gave members of the Malta Bend American Legion Post 558 an update on a recent Educators Rising Conference and Competition. The Post and other area organizations helped sponsor the trip. The conference and competition was held June 26-30 in Washington, D.C., and was attended by all six members of Educators Rising from Saline County. All members were able to participate in the competition, while two members placed in the top 10 competitors in the United States. Lily Wade took third place in the competition, while Taylor Boyd took fourth place. In addition, Liberty Gotmer, Maddison Zdybel and Isabella Chevalier all placed in the top 20 competitors in the United States.