MREA 2024 Awards Ceremony

Welcome to the 2024 MREA Awards Ceremony. The program will begin at 6:05 via the player below. If the YouTube player below isn’t working on your computer, you can tune in by visiting https://youtube.com/live/ZOUksqqYDF4?feature=share.

The awards celebrate and showcase the incredible work happening in Greater Minnesota school districts. Each spring, MREA solicits and reviews nominations for Educators of Excellence and Innovation Program.

Congratulations 2024 MREA Award Honorees

The 2024 MREA Educators of Excellence are:

  • Katie Melgaard // Marshall County Central School District // North Zone
  • Jeff Granrud // Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted School District // South Central Zone
  • Ashley Wolf // Plainview-Elgin-Millville School District // South Zone
  • John Short // Waubun-Ogema-White Earth School District // North Central Zone

The 2024 Innovation Program Award honorees are:

  • Aquatics Program  //  Cloquet Area Alternative Education Program  //  Cloquet Public Schools
  • World of Responsible Kids //  River Bend Education District

Thank you to Educator of Excellence Award sponsors ICS and Baird, and Innovation Program Sponsor InGensa. We are grateful for your support in helping celebrate and elevate rural Minnesota education!