MURRIETA – The Azusa Pacific University Murrieta Regional Center is launching their third year celebrating Teachers are Heroes. With local radio station, KATY – 101.3 The Mix teachers throughout Southwest Riverside County are being recognized for their great contributions to children and families. APU and KATY are happy to announce the first Teachers are Heroes recipient for 2015-16, Melissa Lowdermilk, a fifth grade teacher at Oak Meadows Elementary School in Murrieta.
On Tuesday, Sept. 29, Oak Meadows Elementary School Principal Daphne Donoho and Lowdermilk’s students assembled in front of the school to cheer on their teacher as KATY and APU representatives presented her with the September Teachers are Heroes award and also some special prizes from The Mix Prize Closet. During this time, many students shared nice comments about their special teacher. Following the presentation, the students returned to their classroom to enjoy a pizza party provided by the Temecula Pizza Factory.
Lowdermilk has been teaching fifth grade at Oak Meadows Elementary in the Menifee Union School District since January of 2006. She shared that she is passionate about teaching and takes a personal interest in the lives of her students.
The award nominator wrote, “Lowdermilk has been teaching for 19 years. Each year she manages to save the lives of one or two kids. These are children whom without Mrs. Lowdermilk’s intense love would have gone the wrong way.”
Teachers may be nominated by students, parents, and even other school administrators. All selected teachers and their classes will attend a private celebration at the end of the year at the Lake Elsinore Storm Stadium. The Teachers are Heroes program will run through April 2016.
For more information or to nominate a teacher who goes above and beyond with their students, visit www.1013themix.com, use the keyword teachers, or go to http://www.apu.edu/murrieta/teachers/.
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