Great Teachers

Every year WQLN and PSEA are pleased to receive essays from local high school seniors. Students write essays to nominate teachers who have impacted their lives. The entries are required to be typed essays from public school students about public school teachers. Every year WQLN and PSEA receive many heartwarming and inspirational essays about the teachers who help to make a difference in the educational community.

WQLN and PSEA also work to engage the entire community in this initiative by recruiting judges from many different organizations. After the essays are received, ten judges are selected from the community to read each and every essay. The judges are given a scoring rubric to judge for content, grammar, creativity and focus. Once all the judge's scores are compiled together, three winners are selected.

Each winner is awarded a $500 scholarship for their essay and nomination of their "Great Teacher". Each student and teacher pair is then able to have their story filmed at their school. An interstitial then runs on WQLN showcasing their accomplishments to the community. The winning students, teachers and their families are invited to an award reception hosted at WQLN. The students are presented with their scholarships while the teachers are presented with awards from WQLN and PSEA.