Grants & Awards
2023 Outstanding Teacher Award
Haley Madson, St. Anne's School, LeSueur, MN
Haley Madson is a first-grade teacher at St. Anne’s School in Le Sueur, MN received the Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom 2023 Outstanding Teacher Award. Haley has led her students in a variety of agriculture-themed activities including hatching chicks, cultivating and germinating seeds, and engaging her students in making foods such as ice cream and homemade bread. These activities have enabled her to engage with students and teach in a practical way that reinforces science, social students, reading and listening. Haley’s curriculum and future plans include planning and developing a school garden that will be used to teach students about the plant life cycle and the challenges of producing fresh produce. She is developing a plan to collaborate with the agriculture teacher at Le Sueur-Henderson High School to enable engagement and service-learning opportunities for students of a range of grade levels.
Haley was recognized at the National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference in Orlando Florida in June 2023.