Levo Recognizes Area Teachers

​Six amazing teachers each receive $500 for classroom expenses from their local credit union. 

Levo awarded $500 each to six area teachers nominated by parents, students or community members as having made a huge impact on our kids. Levo started the Adopt-A-Classroom Program in 2014, and since then, has awarded more than $27,000 in classroom awards to area teachers.

“We’ve been in this community since 1934. As South Dakota’s oldest credit union, our community has made us what we are today,” says Jen McKeown with the Levo Cares Foundation. “And, we believe in giving back to our community. What better way to do that than to recognize the teachers who lay the foundation of our future by shaping the young minds of our kids?”

“Levo received 73 nominations for educators from Sioux Falls and the surrounding communities, including Harrisburg, Brandon, Montrose, Marion and Lennox,” explained McKeown. “The huge number of nominations is a testament to the high quality of educators we have in this area. Our teachers are amazing!”

Each of the six winners was presented with a $500 check for classroom expenses. The winners are:

• Lindsey Irvine, Special Education, Washington High School, Sioux Falls
• Cait Haug, Kindergarten, Discovery Elementary, Sioux Falls
• Jenny Joffer, 1st Grade, All City Elementary, Sioux Falls
• Jennifer Jensen, 3rd Grade, Valley Springs Elementary, Valley Springs
• Kelli Fantroy, Lowell Elementary, Sioux Falls
• Emily Tompkins, 5th Grade, Harvey Dunn Elementary, Sioux Falls

Each teacher nominated received a note notifying them of their nomination and the kind words submitted by their nominator. Click here for more information about Levo’s Adopt A Classroom program.