Roseville District Teacher Sarah Wolfe a Semifinalist for Minnesota Teacher of The Year

Sarah Wolfe, an elementary art teacher in the Roseville Public School District, is among 34 semifinalists still in the running for Minnesota Teacher of the Year.

Education Minnesota,  a state-wide teachers organization that sponors the competition, made the announcement in a news release late last week. The program, now its 48th year, recognizes excellence in teaching with competition open to private or public educators in pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade.

Wolfe's school web page says she has been teaching art in the Roseville Schools since 2001. She started at Roseville Area High School and then made the move to teaching at both Little Canada Elementary and Emmet D. Williams Elementary.

The selection panel will meet again in late March to narrow the field down to  about 10 finalists from among the group of semifinalists, the education association said. The current Minnesota Teacher of the Year, Katy Smith of Winona, is scheduled to announce her successor at a banquet on May 6 at the Northland Inn in Brooklyn Park.