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DELAVAN-Teachers, staff and students rose to their feet when Patricia Werner walked to the stage in the Wisconsin School for the Deaf auditorium to receive the Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year Award.
They applauded by clapping and waving their hands in the air.
They rose again as she walked back from the stage after receiving the award, presented by the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Delavan.
Werner, who uses a walker because she has multiple sclerosis, has taught art to elementary and middle school students at the school for the past 32 years. The 55-year-old Walworth woman said she had no idea she would receive the award during Tuesday's assembly.
Still, she felt honored.
Werner also said she was grateful to Wal-Mart Stores for recognizing the importance of education-something not all companies do.
Assistant managers Deb Jacobson, Sylvia Heldt and Angela Listenbee presented the award. They gave Werner a plaque, an honorary Wal-Mart greeter's vest, a $50 shopping card for her and a $1,000 check for the school.
Managers at the Wal-Mart Supercenter put out a box in the store several months ago for people to submit the names of local teachers for the award, Jacobson said. They chose Werner because of a letter written by retired Wisconsin School for the Deaf teacher Kay Sargent.
Sargent read the letter at the assembly.
Werner is more than a teacher, Sargent wrote.
"Her compassion for the job is demonstrated not only through her skills as a teacher, but with a kind, generous and warm-hearted personality," she wrote. "She does not say an unkind thing about anyone, be it student or staff."
Werner also has accomplished a great deal while battling multiple sclerosis for the past 15 years, Sargent wrote.
"Unable to walk on her own, we see her traveling around with a walker," Sargent wrote. "She does not want sympathy. She does not use her illness as an excuse."
Werner received a degree in art education from UW-Stout. Because she worked with students who were deaf or hard of hearing, she took extra classes at several other universities to better understand their needs.
Werner has received several prestigious awards, Sargent wrote. One was the Virginia Hart Award from Wisconsin Women in Government, which recognizes outstanding achievements of women in state service.
Werner said she's able to do her job with the help of the teachers, staff and students, noting that two students jumped up to help her walk to the stage to get her award during the assembly Tuesday afternoon and then lifted her walker onto the stage for her.
"The teachers, staff and students are willing to give of themselves, so it makes it easier for me to give of myself," Werner said.
She said the best part of her job is working with a variety of people.
"It's always different, always fresh," she said.
DELAVAN-Teachers, staff and students rose to their feet when Patricia Werner walked to the stage in the Wisconsin School for the Deaf auditorium to receive the Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year Award.
They applauded by clapping and waving their hands in the air.
They rose again as she walked back from the stage after receiving the award, presented by the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Delavan.
Werner, who uses a walker because she has multiple sclerosis, has taught art to elementary and middle school students at the school for the past 32 years. The 55-year-old Walworth woman said she had no idea she would receive the award during Tuesday's assembly.
Still, she felt honored.
Werner also said she was grateful to Wal-Mart Stores for recognizing the importance of education-something not all companies do.
Assistant managers Deb Jacobson, Sylvia Heldt and Angela Listenbee presented the award. They gave Werner a plaque, an honorary Wal-Mart greeter's vest, a $50 shopping card for her and a $1,000 check for the school.
Managers at the Wal-Mart Supercenter put out a box in the store several months ago for people to submit the names of local teachers for the award, Jacobson said. They chose Werner because of a letter written by retired Wisconsin School for the Deaf teacher Kay Sargent.
Sargent read the letter at the assembly.
Werner is more than a teacher, Sargent wrote.
"Her compassion for the job is demonstrated not only through her skills as a teacher, but with a kind, generous and warm-hearted personality," she wrote. "She does not say an unkind thing about anyone, be it student or staff."
Werner also has accomplished a great deal while battling multiple sclerosis for the past 15 years, Sargent wrote.
"Unable to walk on her own, we see her traveling around with a walker," Sargent wrote. "She does not want sympathy. She does not use her illness as an excuse."
Werner received a degree in art education from UW-Stout. Because she worked with students who were deaf or hard of hearing, she took extra classes at several other universities to better understand their needs.
Werner has received several prestigious awards, Sargent wrote. One was the Virginia Hart Award from Wisconsin Women in Government, which recognizes outstanding achievements of women in state service.
Werner said she's able to do her job with the help of the teachers, staff and students, noting that two students jumped up to help her walk to the stage to get her award during the assembly Tuesday afternoon and then lifted her walker onto the stage for her.
"The teachers, staff and students are willing to give of themselves, so it makes it easier for me to give of myself," Werner said.
She said the best part of her job is working with a variety of people.
"It's always different, always fresh," she said.