Posted: 12.23.2011

Brenda Bunn, a kindergarten teacher at Fennimore Elementary
School, is the recipient of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Ag in the
Classroom's Outstanding Teacher Award.

Each year the Wisconsin Farm Bureau recognizes a teacher for their
efforts in educating students on the importance of agriculture. Teachers
of all grade levels and subject areas, with the exclusion of certified
agriculture education instructors, are eligible to apply for the award.

"Brenda and fellow staff members, Rebecca Timmerman and Pamela Waltz,
have developed an outstanding series of units that cover safety,
sunflowers, pumpkins, plants, food, bees and other agricultural topics,"
said Darlene Arneson, Wisconsin Ag in the Classroom Coordinator.

In these agriculture units, the teachers utilize Grant County Farm
Bureau resource kits which include activities, books and lesson plans.

Bunn received her B.A. in elementary education from the University of
Northern Iowa, reading teacher certification from University of
Wisconsin-Platteville and early childhood certification from Cardinal
Stritch University. She has taught in Florissant, Missouri and Boscobel
before coming to Fennimore in 2007.

Bunn will be Wisconsin's nominee for the National Excellence in Teaching
Agriculture Award and will receive a cash award. A presentation was made
to Fennimore's three kindergarten classes acknowledging the teachers'
team effort and Bunn's recognition.

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