KEARNEY, Neb., Aug. 3 -- The University of Nebraska Kearney issued the following news release:
By TYLER ELLYSON
UNK Communications
BERTRAND - "A teacher's heart is where it starts."
This message, displayed on a sign inside Cheyenne Fitzgerald's classroom, perfectly captures the approach the Bertrand Community School preschool teacher brings to her job every day.
She believes the strongest foundation for learning begins with relationships, care and nurturing young children's natural curiosity.
That passion has carried Fitzgerald from student to educator in the same school she once attended. It also led her back to the University of Nebraska at Kearney, where she earned a master's degree in curriculum and instruction with a concentratio...