Whelan named VFW Teacher of the Year

TEACHER OF THE YEAR–St. John’s Lutheran School teacher Nancy Whelan was recently named as the Smart/Maher VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher of the Year at the district level. Pictured at the presentation are: Whelan and some of her students with VFW District Junior Vice Clyde Rowold, at left, and Red Bud VFW Teacher of the Year Committee Chairman Larry Ehlers, at right.

Red Bud VFW Post #6632 is proud to announce that another teacher from the Red Bud VFW Post area has been named the VFW Teacher of the Year at the VFW District 14 level.

VFW District 14 Teacher of the Year Chairman Mick Cohagan recently announced that this year’s Illinois VFW District 14 Smart/Maher VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher of the Year for Sixth-Eighth Grades was Nancy Whelan of St. John’s Lutheran School.

For more on Whelan, please see this week’s print edition.