Janice Friedrich, a teacher at Jefferson Elementary School in Jackson for 15 years, was named American Legion Teacher of the Year for 2015. Friedrich invites veterans, police officers and other first responders to the school to meet with students. She is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University and earned a master's degree in special eduation at Webster University.
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