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District 161 Golden Apple finalist recalls journey to teaching excellence

Andrea Beaty, a fourth grade teacher for Flossmoor District 161 at Serena Hills School in Chicago Heights, will be among 34 finalists recognized for this year’s Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching.

  Golden Apple Award finalist Andrea Beaty (with
  classroom pet Stitch, a bearded dragon) and Serena
  Hills Principal Shari Demitrowicz in the “Ohana,”
  Beaty’s fourth grade classroom.
(Photo by R.L. 
  Anderson/H-F Chronicle)
 

It’s going to be quite a weekend for Andrea Beaty.…

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