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January’s Golden Apple Award winner is Mr. Matt McArdle. He is a teacher’s aide at Christel House Academy South who specializes in helping special education students. In this conversation hear his reaction to the surprise, his journey into education and advice on what fellow teachers and parents should keep in mind when it comes to students. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

January’s Golden Apple Award winner is Mr. Matt McArdle. He is a teacher’s aide at Christel House Academy South who specializes in helping special education students. However, he is known for helping everyone at the school and for his loud voice. “He’s funny, and well, he’s really loud,” 8-year-old 3rd grader Sofia Muneton said. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

December’s Golden Apple Award winner is Miss Chelsea English. She’s an Indianapolis Public Schools social worker at Shortridge High School. In this conversation we highlight the work she is doing to keep kids safe, in school and off the streets. We talk about listening to teenagers, giving them a safe place to get together (free food) and how a giving young people ownership and responsibility can help them shape and change their futures. We also touch on WISH-TV's YATVAC initiative. You can learn more about it here: https://www.wishtv.com/yatvac/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

December’s Golden Apple Award winner is Miss Chelsea English. She’s an Indianapolis Public Schools social worker at Shortridge High School. However, students and staff will tell you she is nothing short of a miracle worker. “Miss English just takes that extra step to make us feel so heard and seen and valued. It’s just amazing,” 16-year-old Darrick Colon said. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

November’s Golden Apple Award winner is Miss Catherine Duda. She’s a family and consumer science teacher in Westfield Washington Schools. Listen to how she entered education during the pandemic and is living her dream job of bridging cooking and inspiring young people. She also talks about the importance of teaching teenagers life skills (and a few of the students drop in on our conversation). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

November’s Golden Apple Award winner is Miss Catherine Duda. She’s a family and consumer science teacher in Westfield Washington Schools. At Westfield High School Miss Duda brings the bedrock of life skills to life. She teaches interpersonal relationships, nutrition and wellness, and principles of childhood education to high school students. She’s also an example of what being a successful adult looks like. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

October’s Golden Apple Award winner is Miss Kelsey Sebastian. She’s a sixth grade English language arts teacher in the Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township at Gold Academy in Indianapolis. Listen to how her love of teaching started as a young age, when she struggled as a student in math. She describes overcoming obstacles and finding success in a career she is passionate about. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

October’s Golden Apple Award winner is Miss Kelsey Sebastian. She’s a sixth grade English language arts teacher in the Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township at Gold Academy in Indianapolis. While it’s only her third year teaching, education is in her blood, and her students say she makes learning fun. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

September’s Golden Apple Award winner is Ms. Gema Camarasa. She goes by Sita and has been teaching in the Spanish Immersion Program in the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township for 20 years. Recently her students started calling her the “TikTok Teacher.” Sita was speechless when the WISH-TV team surprised her. So listen to our in-depth conversation about her passion for teaching and her journey into education. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

September’s Golden Apple Award winner is Ms. Gema Camarasa. She goes by Sita and has been teaching in the Spanish Immersion Program in the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township for 20 years. Recently her students started calling her the “TikTok Teacher.” See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

WISH-TV is Indiana’s education station, and, during the 2024-25 school year, News 8 honored nine extraordinary teachers in central Indiana with the Golden Apple Award. The theme of this year turned into ‘serving your community’ because five of the teachers now work in the district where they grew up. Listen to find out who the Grand Finale Winner is! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

May’s Golden Apple Award winner is Ms. K’Driahn Black. She’s a fourth grade teacher with Indianapolis Public Schools, and her students love her bee-themed classroom. Hear how her own education as an IPS student is helping her encourage current students to do their best everyday. Also, learn what's behind the bee-theme and how she got into teaching. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

May’s Golden Apple Award winner is Ms. K’Driahn Black. She’s a fourth grade reading and English languages arts teacher with Indianapolis Public Schools, and she’s truly the bees’ knees. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

April’s Golden Apple Award winner is Miss Karina Briceño, a kindergarten teacher in Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township – the same school district where she grew up. Listen to her explain how she was once an English learner who now shapes her students as they approach a similar education journey. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

April’s Golden Apple Award winner is Miss Karina Briceño, a kindergarten teacher in Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township – the same school district where she grew up. Inside Westlake Elementary School, kindergarten students experience the Polar Express, parties on the beach, and even a day at Disney, all thanks to Briceño’s exciting classroom transformations. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.