Meet the 2021 top teachers being honored by Jackson Magazine
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
Jackson Magazine s 2021 top teachers are, to from left, Jordan Crockett, Tracy Dryer and Anthony Smith, and bottom from left, Matthew Snell and Heather Swaenepol.Photos provided by Jackson Magazine
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JACKSON, MI – Jordan Crockett has known she wanted to be a teacher since her second-grade teacher helped her work through her quiet shyness to find her voice.
Building that kind of confidence in students is something she said she brings to her own classrooms today.
And it’s one of the reasons Crockett, a Northwest High School social studies teacher, has been picked the 2021 “Teacher of the Year” by Jackson Magazine.
· Reproductions of several of her paintings. · Information about native Mexican plants that were grown in her garden. · A dress from the Mexican state of Oaxaca where Kahlo sourced many of her dresses. · Examples of folk art collected by Kahlo and Rivera. · Mexican culture, including traditional festivities, food and drink, and agricultural practices. Frida Kahlo’s Garden is on view until March 16 at Ella Sharp Museum. Learn more about the exhibit on its website: https://ellasharpmuseum.org/exhibits/frida-kahlos-garden/ Frida Kahlo’s Garden is adapted from the exhibition, FRIDA KAHLO: ART, GARDEN, LIFE, organized by guest curator
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JACKSON, MI. February 8, 2021 – TRUE Community Credit Union has donated $33,000 to schools in Jackson, Ingham and Washtenaw counties. TRUE Community Credit Union gave $1,000 to 33 local school partners that provide a TRUE Community Student-Run Credit Union program, the Jackson $aves program or both to their students. The donations are to help meet any student, staff or teacher needs. TRUE Community team members personally delivered the money to the schools today.
Chrissy Siders, President/CEO of TRUE Community Credit Union, stated, “We are humbled to be able to give this small token of our appreciation to the schools in our community. We can’t think of a group that embodies the definition of essential better than our educators. They are essential to the mental, physical, and social well-being of our future generations and we are grateful for this opportunity to come alongside them as a partner during these challenging times. Thank you just doesn’t seem to capture our
January 25, 2021
JACKSON, Mich., Jan. 25, 2021 – The Jackson YMCA announced that the Hurst Foundation is contributing $60,000 to the Y’s campaign for a contemporary new facility in downtown Jackson. Led by President Anthony P Hurst, the foundation has granted more than $15 million over the past 50 years in support of local, state and national communities.
“We are proud to support the Y as they work to build a new downtown facility,” said Hurst. “For decades our foundation has contributed to work that improves the well-being of our community, and we believe in the YMCA mission to better the mental and physical health of all Jackson residents.”