The Elmbrook Education Foundation sponsored the 15th annual Most Influential Educator banquets on May 11 for Brookfield Central High School and May 26 for Brookfield East High School. The inspiration for this program originated with Elmbrook parent, Jane Peavler.

“I am grateful to the Elmbrook Education Foundation and its continued support of the Most Influential Educator program. This program offers students the opportunity to honor the teachers who have inspired them on their educational journey. Every year, students express their gratitude in heartfelt, creative, and emotional ways. It is a privilege to see firsthand how educators change lives every day,” said Jane Peavler, MIE Chair.

Honorees were nominated by fifteen graduating seniors from Brookfield Central and seventeen from Brookfield East High Schools. Students are asked to nominate a teacher who had a significant positive effect on their K-12 education. A banquet is held in their honor where nominators prepare a speech about their most influential educator and create a homemade gift in their honor.