Lab School teacher named Tangipahoa Parish's Elementary Teacher of the Year
Contact: Christina Chapple
10/13/06
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TEACHER OF THE YEAR – Southeastern Louisiana University Laboratory School fourth grade teacher Cheri Jeanfreau, center, Tangipahoa Parish Elementary Teacher of the Year, works with two of her fourth graders, Alyiah Dunomes, left, and Salmawn Qasim, right. Giving moral support is “Kisses,” the class’ guinea pig mascot.
HAMMOND – Cheri Jeanfreau, fourth grade teacher at the Southeastern Louisiana University Laboratory School, has been named Tangipahoa Parish’s elementary school ‘Teacher of the Year.’
The award is presented to elementary, middle, and high school teachers who exemplify excellence in the teaching of humanities subjects such as English, foreign language, history, social studies, folk life, and art or music history, or who have participated in public humanities programs.
Jeanfreau is the sixth teacher from the Lab School to receive this distinguished honor.
“I was not surprised that Ms. Jeanfreau was selected to represent Tangipahoa Parish as ‘Teacher of the Year,’” said Dean Diane Allen, College of Education and Human Development. “She sets high standards and challenges her students to meet those standards.”
“Becoming a teacher seemed natural to me,” said Jeanfreau. “I played school my whole life.”
Jeanfreau, a Southeastern graduate and native New Orleanian, has relocated to Hammond and is in the process of building her first home. She is the eldest of two children, with a brother who is a Southeastern graduate as well.
She graduated in 1996 with an undergraduate degree in elementary education (mild/moderate), and in 2001 with a master’s degree in administration (elementary principalship). Jeanfreau has been teaching for 10 years and is in her third year at the Lab School. Prior to coming to the Lab School, she taught for seven years at D.C. Reeves Elementary School in Ponchatoula.
“I find my greatest joy in seeing a child whose schoolwork does not come easily, and finally they understand it,” said Jeanfreau. “The challenges are rewarding.”
“She develops creative assignments that provide her students with opportunities to succeed at the highest levels,” said Allen. “Cheri continuously searches for activities to make their classwork relevant and interesting. We are very fortunate to have her in the Lab School.”
Jeanfreau was honored at the Tangipahoa Parish’s School Board meeting in Amite and qualifies to compete at the regional level.
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