JEFFERSON â The principal and custodian of West Elementary School in Jefferson have been nominated as âLifechangersâ by school staff.
The âLifechanger of the Yearâ award is a national honor sponsored by National Life Group which aims to recognize K-12 educators and school employees who change lives through their everyday actions.
Mike Howard
In their nomination of West Elementary Principal Mike Howard for the award, teachers Chelsea Miller and Megan Carstens said that Howard acts with the patience of water on rock, getting through to even the most reluctant and recalcitrant students through his sincere interest and generosity of spirit.
âItâs nearly impossible to describe how someone can do a million little things every day to improve the lives of others,â said Miller, who herself has won great honor as a 2019 Kohl Fellow and 2020 Wisconsin Elementary Teacher of the Year. âItâs like water on rock. The particles, over time, can eli