“It’s the ‘a-ha moments’ for me that have been the most rewarding,” explained Iola High School math teacher Amanda Belknap. “The kids who don’t think they can do math or feel like it’s not their thing, but then all of a sudden it clicks. They just light up.”
The Iola native has been teaching for 19 years. Of these, she has spent 17 years mentoring and helping shape the lives of Iola High School students.
Teaching seemed a natural fit for Belknap. “Going through school, I was always the math nerd,” she laughed. “I constantly had kids around me…
