FORMER IOWA LAKES STUDENT HONORED
AS TEACHER OF THE YEAR BY WAL-MART

A former Iowa Lakes student has been honored as teacher of the year in Sioux Falls S.D. Tonya McQuown Gullickson received the recognition from Wal-Mart for her work with elementary students.

Gullickson works at Hayward Elementary in Sioux Falls as an Early Childhood Special Education teacher. Gullickson’s students are all three to five-year-old autistic children.

As part of the honor, Wal-Mart donated $1,000 to Hayward Elementary, along with several other gifts including a $100 gift card for classroom supplies. Gullickson plans to use the money to get supplies that she was unable to get before, due to a decreased budget.

"I can get some of the extra stuff I was putting off until next year," she said.

Gullickson received her diploma in Child Care in July of 1993 and her Associate in Science degree in Early Childcare Education in May of 1994.