Fourth grade teacher Bobbie Schamens of Sparta, Wisconsin, was named one of three Teachers of the Year by the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) named three stellar educators as their Teachers of the Year for 2018-2019. One of these is Bobbie Schamens. She is a fourth grade teacher at Meadowview Intermediate School in Sparta, Wisconsin.

Bobbie earned the recognition as the result of her efforts to recognize the service and sacrifice of her home town’s military families. As the spouse of a retired Air Force veteran, Bobbie is in a unique position to understand military families. The honored educator strives to teach her students civic responsibility, patriotism, and flag etiquette. She leads her class in field trips to the state capital to experience history and government first hand. She has created a military tribute case as a tribute to honor military and veteran families. In addition, Bobbie organizes cards and care packages to be mailed to military personnel serving overseas.

This amazing educator has been teaching for 16 years, the last six at Meadowview. She topped 54 other teachers nationwide to earn the national distinction of VFW Smart-Maher Citizen Education Elementary Teacher of the Year. “It’s a very humbling experience,” declared Bobbie. “It’s taking the opportunities that you’re presented every day and using those to teach children about kindness, respect, our veterans, and what they do,” she said.

Each year, the VFW names one elementary, one intermediate, and one high school teacher for their National Citizenship Education Teacher Award. Kevin Wagner, an Advanced Placement History teacher at Carlisle High School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, garnered the high school honors. Anne Martin was named the middle school honoree. Anne is a seventh grade Language Arts and Social Studies teacher at Williams Middle School in Tracy, California.

To read more about this years VFW Teachers of the Year, click on this link: VFW.