She teaches grades 9-12 geometry and math credit recovery 7:00 am, May 12, 2021 ×
From left, Pequot Lakes School staff Deanne Trottier, Angie Klein and Joanna O Neil ring cow bells as they tell math teacher Nikki Stark that she is the 2021 Pequot Lakes Teacher of the Year on Monday morning, May 10, 2021.Travis Grimler / Echo Journal
Fellow staff burst into Nikki Stark s classroom Monday morning, May 10, with cow bells, balloons and flowers to announce her as the 2021 Pequot Lakes Teacher of the Year.
Stark was caught off guard as the honor was kept a secret. Her surprise was visible to her students and the staff gathered in her classroom at Pequot Lakes High School.