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South Dakota Educators Honored with Outstanding STEM Teaching Awards

The South Dakota Science Teaching Association (SDSTA) is proud to recognize four South Dakota teachers for their outstanding efforts to provide extraordinary opportunities and support for students to succeed in science.

Jena Campbell from Viborg-Hurley Middle School has been named SDSTA’s 2025 Outstanding Earth and Space Science Teacher. This award is sponsored by the South Dakota Space Grant Consortium.

The Outstanding Science Teacher awards highlight some of the best teachers and programs in our state and this year’s award winners were selected from over thirty nominated candidates. Each award comes with a $1,000 prize and the winners will be recognized at the SD STEM conference in Huron in February.

SDSTA congratulates all our recipients on their awards and thanks them for their excellence in the field!

The South Dakota Science Teaching Association is an organization created by teachers, for teachers. The purpose of the South Dakota Science Teaching Association shall be the advancement, stimulation, extension, improvement, and coordination of science education in all fields of science at all educational levels.