The award recognizes teachers for their commitment to teaching Americanism and patriotism by promoting civic responsibility, flag etiquette and patriotism in the classroom.
“I want you to be very creative,” resident artist Bobbie Alsgaard Lien told Brienna Bahl’s class of first-grade students Thursday. “You’re artists now!”
This year, the Auxiliary received 836 coloring sheets from students in kindergarten through third grade and 86 essays from students in fourth and fifth grade, from Hills-Beaver Creek, Fulda, Worthington Christian, St. Mary's School, the Intermediate School and Prairie Elementary.