- Elizabeth Basile Santa Rosa, California A retired school teacher who has long been active in numerous community organizations is recognized as the 2012 “Woman of the Year” for the 7th Assembly District by California Assembly Member Michael Allen.
- Earnestine Blakley St. Joseph, Missouri A former teacher and founding pastor of Hope Fellowship Church in St. Joseph has been named the recipient of a Missouri Humanities Award for her dedication to youth literacy.
- Shari Cassutt Santa Fe, New Mexico A retiring teacher writes an editorial in a local newspaper, in which she expresses her feelings about her career that is about to end.
- Bruce Caswell Lansing, Michigan A retired teacher, coach, and school superintendent is now a state senator in Michigan.
- Marion Danowsky Lewisburg, Pennsylvania A long-time teacher returns to the classroom at age 99.
- Anne DellaCamera Palmetto Bay, Florida A retired teacher continues to serve as an education consultant to numerous private schools in Florida, developing programmes for critical and creative thinking strategies through professional development workshops and mentoring teachers.
- Richard DeMuth Elgin, Illinois A retired Latin and English teacher returns to the classroom as a volunteer to help students with mathematics and English as a second language.
- Myra Edmonson Conway, Arkansas A retired teacher visits the pre-school classroom of an elementary school every Friday morning to read to the students.
- Mary Frappier Providence, Rhode Island A retired teacher, who spent 30 years in the Providence Public Schools, believes in kids. She still volunteers in the classroom as a reading volunteer and would not think of going anywhere else.
- Hazel Funnell Missouri A 95-year-old retired teacher in an interview tells of her first school in 1932.
- Joseph Gamble Trinity, North Carolina Former students honour a retired teacher by naming the school theatre after him.
- Jim Glennon Highline, Washington A retired teacher of 50 years used debate effectively to cause his students to think.
- Loretta Graham-Gay Los Angeles, California A retired teacher started Creative Teachers, a non-profit educational programme which works with disadvantaged students in the United States and Third World countries.
- Dolly Hale Lakewood, Washington A retired primary teacher has a hobby of making quilts, which she has given to her former students and others.
- Glenn Hameroff East Setauket, New York, New York A teacher continued to teach for five years after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, when his condition forced him to retire.
- Neil Hartman Moorestown, New Jersey Moorestown Friends School dedicates a building to a longtime teacher.
- Lois Hayes Lexington, Mississippi A retired teacher, she has mailed nearly 400 handwritten birthday cards to her students for the past 20 years from her home.
- Norene Hogle Mukilteo, Washington A 77-year-old retired teacher volunteered to teach in Namibia and has written a book about her experiences.
- Virginia Hough Granville Summit, Pennsylvania A retired teacher who now lives in the building that was once her classroom tells of her teaching experiences.
- Irma Hubbs Port Orange, Florida An 81-year-old teacher who started her career in a one-room school now is an inventor with patents.
- Gail Hakli Jaite Middlefield, Ohio A retired music teacher trains therapy dogs for working with special needs students in her school district.
- Hugh King East Hampton, New York A retired teacher is his village’s town crier, telling visitors about the history of the village. He also oversees the three windmills in town and helps run the Home Sweet Home museum.
- Jean “Jay” Krugman Atlanta, Georgia teaches basic English language skills to refugees.
- Gabriele LaFargue Address not available A retired teacher has cultivated a beautiful garden that attracts birds of all varieties and gives advice on how other people can do the same.
- Cornelius Lyon Horseheads, New York A retired teacher creates steel art for his sculpture garden and hopes eventually to have the largest such display in the world.
- Barbara McPherson Shawnee, Kansas A retired teacher has created a business of making doggie jackets in the colours of four Mid-West universities.
- Lucia Rede Madrid Redford, Texas A retired teacher, created a library of 10,000 books in a store in an isolated border town along the Rio Grande River, ensuring educational opportunities for the children of her community where learning and literacy are constant struggles.
- Olivia Neubauer Chicago, Illinois A teacher who began her career in 1935 is still teaching.
- Tao Porchon-Lynch A yoga teacher over 90 years of age has over 70 years of yoga practice and more than 45 years of teaching yoga to students in India, France and the U.S.
- Vivian Prindl Hudson Falls, New York A 100-year-old teacher volunteers in a school in a neighbouring state for a few weeks each year to work with children.
- Maria Estela Quintanilla Laredo, Texas A retired teacher who spent her entire career of thirty-five years teaching at Martin High School is a District Coordinator for LISD Campus Crime Stoppers, a position she has held since 1994.
- Judith Ragon Walker County, Georgia A retired teacher helps children locally and in Nicaragua meet their educational and other needs.
- Michael Rothfeld Jacksonville, Florida A retired teacher helps to keep the stories of local war veterans alive through documentry filmmaking.
- Manderline Scales Winston-Salem, North Carolina Thirty years ago, doctors told a long-time teacher on dialysis that she had only another six months to live, but through faith, she is still a very active member of her community.
- Suzanne Smith Garden City, Kansas A principal, with 46 years as a teacher in this city, and three of her staff retire at the end of the 2011-12 school year.
- Janice Stahl Bedford, Texas A retired teacher prepared a game to help Texas students prepare for the state TAKS tests.
- Lynn Stoddard Ogden, Utah He is a retired long-time teacher and founder of the Educating for Human Greatness Alliance, from where he lays out clearly the vision of holistic education.
- Lois Stravsky New York, New York A retired writing teacher travels the world documenting street art and graffiti.
- Eleanor Vien Janesville, Wisconsin A 97-year-old retired teacher volunteers once a week to help grades 2 and 3 students read and write.
- Yvonne Wells Tuscaloosa, Alabama A retired teacher taught herself picture quilting and has won awards and has had exhibitions.
- Mildred Williams Fairport, New York A retired teacher provides lessons in character and self-awareness to girls as they face the transition from their elementary to high school years with a little more preparedness.
- Carlota Wilson Tuscon, Arizona A retired teacher of Mexican descent has been volunteering for the Tuscon Child Abuse Prevention Center in helping Mexican children who need her most, especially in reading and writing English.
- Peter Yurich Oak Creek, Colorado A retired teacher served in five countries with the Peace Court and relates his impressions. Regina Sayres http://wn.com/Teacher_Regina
