LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Every month during the school year, 10/11 and Doane University honor a deserving teacher in our area with the Golden Apple Award. And for our first presentation of the 2025-2026 school year, we drove down Highway 34 to surprise a teacher at Seward High School.

Laura Goracke has taught Bluejay students for most of her 19 years as a teacher. This Cook, Nebraska native initially wanted to be a doctor, but switched to education halfway through her undergrad. She liked hanging out with kids and watching them get excited about science.

“When I was at the University, (there was) an opportunity to help out in the lab, and I was also teaching at Trinity Lutheran School,” Goracke said. “I discovered I liked hanging out with kids and watching them get excited about stuff so I

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