Jessica Meacham, the elementary STEAM teacher with Southern Door, is a finalist to receive the 2022 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Meacham is one of the four educators from Wisconsin to be considered at a national level. She has been with the Southern Door School District for 19 years and has been an educator for 25 years. Meacham describes her curriculum and the steps she had to take to apply for these awards.

These awards are given yearly and are considered the highest honors given by the United States Government for science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and computer science education. The President recognizes teachers from all fifty states plus U.S. territories and can name 108 teachers per year. Meacham’s application will be brought in front of a national selection committee, which will select up to two applications to be sent to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.