Francis HowellSchool District

Barnwell Middle School Math Teacher Brittany Rees and Francis Howell North High School FACS (Family and Consumer Science Education) Teacher Marissa Heyer received the 2021 Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award. This award recognizes teachers in the St. Louis metropolitan area who serve as examples of excellence in their field.

Kate Wenger, a reading specialist at Bryan Middle School, is known to most as Mrs. Wenger. This title represents the many roles she has in life as a mother, a wife, and a teacher, but also symbolizes the countless reasons she earned the title of Mrs. Missouri America at the annual state-wide competition this year.