Junction City, KS – Chelsea Willems, kindergarten teacher at Ware Elementary School and Allie Ronnebaum, 6th grade social studies teacher at Fort Riley Middle School were selected from Region 1 to receive the prestigious Kansas 2016 Horizon Award for distinguished educators who have completed one year of teaching.
Chelsea and Allie were notified of this honor when they received a surprise phone call from Kansas Commissioner of Education, Randy Watson.
The award is sponsored by the Kansas State Department of Education and the Kansas Cable Telecommunications Association. The program identifies exemplary educators who perform in a way that distinguishes them as outstanding, and who have completed one year of teaching in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. A total of 32 teachers across the state were honored with the award this year.
Willems & Ronnebaum will be recognized at the Kansas Exemplary Educators Network annual conference in February.
Allie received her Bachelor of Science from Kansas State University in 2014 and will complete her Master’s Degree from Ft. Hays State University. Chelsea received her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Ed at Kansas State University in 2014.