Altoona Middle School teacher Lauren Lierman is as passionate about music as she is about teaching youth. Lauren currently teaches sixth, seventh, and eighth grade choir and fourth and fifth grade general music. Shannon Camlek is a sixth-grade teacher at Altoona Middle School who fights against leukemia and received the Altoona’s Got Heart Award last year. Kayleen Rosman of Osseo-Fairchild Elementary is a Title 1 teacher who helps youngsters polish specific skills as part of the classroom. – Stephanie Janssen