Salnave's Palmer named Teacher of the Month

John McCallum, Managing Editor | Last updated Oct 18, 2019 1:40pm0

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Salnave Elementary School fourth and fifth grade teacher Kyndle Palmer and her student Emma Plewnarz struggle with their tears during an Oct. 18 ceremony naming Palmer as KHQ/Eastern Washington University teacher of the month. Palmer was nominated by Plewnarz.

CHENEY -- Cheney School District teacher Kyndle Palmer has been named Teacher of the Month by KHQ and Eastern Washington University. The award is also sponsored by STCU.

Palmer was honored in a surprise ceremony Friday morning, Oct. 18, at Salnave Elementary School where she teaches fourth and fifth grades. She has been a teacher for about 10 years, she said after the ceremony, and did her student teaching at Salnave.

Palmer was nominated by one of her students, Emma Plewnarz.

See the full story in the Oct. 24 issue of the Cheney Free Press.

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John McCallum is an award-winning journalist who retired from Cheney Free Press after more than 20 years. He received 10 Washington Newspaper Publisher Association awards for journalism and photography, including first place awards for Best Investigative, Best News and back-to-back awards in Best Breaking News categories.