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From left to right: Bob Nutgrass (200 president, IAHPERD), Jean Pletchette (Health Teacher of the Year), Ray Deraney

Jean is a great role model for her students, as well as her colleagues. Jean displays the highest level of integrity and continually promotes the type of professional characteristics necessary for today?s educational learning environment. Jean possesses all the characteristics of an outstanding leader.

Under her gentle guidance, the P.E. departments? philosophy is now one of life-long activities. Winterset students run at the beginning of every lesson for cardio-vascular fitness, and they understand why they are doing it. Health is now a required class in high school. They have also added sections of health class in 8th grade. Jean?s straightforward way of giving information makes it comfortable for all students to learn and talk about such health issues as teen pregnancy and AIDS. It is a source of reassurance and pride to the community that all the students can perform CPR.--thank you Jean Pletchette.

Jean is currently a mentor to a beginning teacher and a teacher leader on the school improvement team. Personally, she lives what she teachers. She is active herself with running, tennis, golf, and biking. It gives me great pleasure to announce the 2002 Health Teacher of the Year--Jean Pletchette