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Our wonderful teachers and school staff defy gravity for our kids every day at Loving School, Owen School and the Rapid City Area Schools (RCAS) classroom. Last week, we celebrated their dedication with a wickedly fun Teacher Appreciation Week!

Each day featured a different Wicked-themed goodie for our education staff to enjoy, such as “POPular” day, when staff enjoyed a treat of pop and popcorn. By the end of the week, our residential kiddos even joined in on the fun. On Friday, they wrote and delivered thank-you notes to all the teachers.

We’re over the rainbow for our amazing CHS teachers and school staff! If you see any of them around campus, please take a moment to thank them for the tremendous work they do.

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It was wicked fun celebrating our education staff during Teacher Appreciation Week! Here are a few of the smiles we captured at Owen School. Top left: Classroom Teacher Intern Ninny Ruiz-Plaza, Teacher Shelbi Kaul, Teacher Assistant Kelly McInerney, Teacher Assistant Beck Jackson. Teacher Assistant Mya Reeves and Teacher Tana Clark. Bottom left: Teacher Destiny Wolbrink, Teacher Assistant Declan Malone, Ninny and Teacher Assistant Jace Jackson.

We are over the rainbow for our teachers! Top left: Teacher Lyndsay Pruss, Teacher Assistant Chelsie Anderson, Classroom Teacher Intern Kaela Larkin and Teacher Assistant Paige Knuth. Bottom left: Teacher Assistant Erin Kuestermeyer, Teacher Assistant Emma Neu, Teacher Callie Hruby, Teacher Assistant Skyler Paulsen and Teacher Hope Darley.

Glinda’s got bubbles, but we’ve got bingo! Teacher Assistant Kate Swalley and Teacher Jordan Hofer held a wicked bingo game for their class last week.