WINONA, Minn. — Two classroom veterans were honored for 40 years service in Winona schools at a staff celebration. Lori Rivers teaches first grade at Washington-Kosciuski School, and Joyce Houdek, is an educational aide at Winona Middle School.
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Citation: “For more than 160 years, Winona Area Public Schools has engaged, inspired and empowered students of all ages. More than 88% of educators in WAPS have at least three years of experience, which is higher than the state average of 78%. More than 73% of educators have advanced degrees.”
Rivers and Houdek. Understandable if they’ve lost count of how many chill’ens.