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Eden Prairie High School’s Linda Wallenberg has been named Minnesota’s Teacher of the Year.

She is the first from her district to earn the honor, which was awarded Sunday at the annual banquet hosted by teachers’ union Education Minnesota. 

At a time when teacher retention continues to be a challenge for many school districts, Wallenberg has accomplished a rare feat of staying in the classroom for nearly five decades. 

“It’s a calling of the heart, calling of love,” Wallenberg said. “I really do not believe that we just make scholars out of our students — but we actually do build people.”

Wallenberg has also taught Swedish and is a nationally renowned gymnastics coach. 

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Known to her students as “Wally,” Linda Wallenberg is an English teacher at Eden Prairie High School. She is the first from her district to win the award and is being recognized for inspiring generations of students across her 49 years of teaching and coaching.

Known to her students as ‘Wally,’ Linda Wallenberg is an English teacher at Eden Prairie High School. She is the first from her district to win the award and is being recognized for inspiring generations of students across her 49 years of teaching and coaching.

Eden Prairie educator and coach honored as Teacher of the Year

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