FARGO (KFGO) – Carl Ben Eielson Middle School teacher Jessica Magnuson has been named the Fargo Public Schools 2021 Teacher of the Year.
Magnuson has taught at Fargo Public Schools for 15 years. She has been a classroom teacher, a new teacher mentor, an educational leadership team member, and a member of the District Middle-Level Task Force which helped revamp the middle school curriculum.
Magnuson will move on to be considered for the Cass County Teacher of the Year award. The Cass County Teacher of the Year is then forwarded to the state level for the North Dakota Teacher of the Year award.
The first Fargo Public Schools Teacher of the Year award was presented in 1957.