Special education teacher Sarah Pieratt won the Gerstacker Award, an annual award given to four MPS teachers with the intention of recognition and appreciation. Recipients are selected based on nominations from students in the district.

Teachers and administrators met in Central Auditorium on Tues., Aug. 12 and listened to English teacher Sam Nelson and principal Scott Cochran give a speech prior to the announcement of Pieratt’s achievement. 

“Part of the process is people get up and start speaking about a person before they say their name,” Pieratt said. “So I was thinking about all the people that it could be as I was sitting in the crowd, thinking about all the amazing teachers that I teach with at Dow High. And I was in shock.”