A conversation with Harrison’s Amanda Beck, Indiana teacher of the year finalist

Amanda Beck is among 10 finalists for Indiana Teacher of the Year. Could she make it back-to-back honors for TSC, after East Tipp’s Sharita Ware won in 2022?

Today’s edition is sponsored by Lafayette Urban Ministry, as it prepares for the Hunger Hike. Hunger Hike is a joint fundraiser for Lafayette Urban Ministry, Food Finders Food Bank and the Haiti Ministry at St Thomas Aquinas. Join them at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, at Riehle Plaza for clowns, costumed characters, music, Zumba and more.  Their new 1.5-mile walk is a family-friendly route with stops along the way for a boat demonstration, street magic show and popsicles.  Your support is so important.  Inflation and global food shortages have left many of your neighbors struggling with food insecurity. To register and for more information, click on the links below.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER OR FOR MORE INFORMATION

---

HARRISON’S AMANDA BECK SAVORING A ‘ONCE-IN-A-CAREER OPPORTUNITY’

Monday afternoon, Amanda Beck will make her pitch to an Indiana Department of Education panel sorting through the 10 finalists for 2023 Indiana Teacher of the Year.

Beck, who has taught German at Harrison High School for the past 15 years, got word nearly two weeks ago that she was a finalist, as the state looks to whittle the field down to a final three next week. The state’s teacher of the year will be named this fall.

Could Beck make it two consecutive Indiana Teacher of the Year winners for Tippecanoe School Corp., after East Tipp Middle School teacher Sharita Ware took the honor for 2022? And could she make it TSC’s third Indiana Teacher of the Year in the past decade, joining Kathy Nimmer, who received the honor in 2015 when she was an English teacher at Harrison?

Amanda Beck (Photo: TSC)

After an afterschool meeting of Harrison’s German Club Friday afternoon, we talked through the odds.