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Gold Star Teacher Appreciation Month

Gold Star Teacher Appreciation Month

Nominate your Super Hero Teacher Now!

August is QDR’s Gold Star Teacher Appreciation Month!

With the help of our friends at Crossroads Ford in Cary, we want to say a BIG THANK YOU to the hard working teachers who help inspire and motivate our kids to be the best version of themselves.

But we need your help!  Click here and nominate a teacher that has had a positive impact on your child’s life.

Starting August 1st, we’ll spotlight a “Gold Star Teacher” of the day and reward them with a $25 gift card to Crabtree Valley Mall.

They’ll also have the chance to win the Grand Prize – $1,500 to stock their classroom courtesy of Crossroads Ford in Cary. 

Gold Star Teacher Nomination

 

QDR Gold Star Teachers of the Month

Gold Star Teacher of the Month: September 2022 – Mrs. Katelyn Dwyer

Our QDR Gold Star Teacher of the Month of September is Katelyn Dwyer, a math teacher at Edward Best Elementary School.  Katelyn Dwyer is our Gold Star teacher Of the month for September. Katelyn is a fifth-grade teacher at Edward best elementary school in Franklin County. Katelyn was nominated by her husband Nick Dwyer who says,…… Continue Reading

Gold Star Teacher of the Month: August 2022 – Mrs. Elizabeth Hearn

Our QDR Gold Star Teacher of the Month of August is Elizabeth Hearn, a math teacher at Corinth Holders High School in Wendell.  Her husband Jon nominated her and tells us, “I am a career army officer, and many times I am referred to as a hero and thanked for my service. The real hero…… Continue Reading

Gold Star Teacher of the Month: July 2022 – Mrs. Cindy Alala

Congrats to Mrs. Cindy Alala at Willow Springs Elementary School, our Gold Star Teacher of the Month for July! Mrs. Alala’s nominator says, “Mrs. Cindy Alala is a Kindergarten teacher and has been teaching for 24 years at Willow Springs Elementary. She was a finalist this year for Wake County’s Teacher of the Year, with only 10…… Continue Reading

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