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Adel DeSoto Minburn Community School District

Beth Basinger Named Journalism Teacher of the Year by IHSPA

Posted Date: 12/01/25 (04:05 PM)


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Adel DeSoto Minburn High School’s Beth Basinger earned the 2025 Rod Vahl Teacher of the Year honor.  Beth has been with ADM High School for 10 years and serves as the journalism adviser for their newspaper, Black & Redgister, and their yearbook, The Tiger.   The Rod Vahl Teacher of the Year award acknowledges excellence in teaching and advising.  The award is named in honor of Rod Vahl, national high school teacher of the year and long-time IHSPA officer and newspaper adviser from Davenport.

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Beth was nominated by previous student and Black & Redgister reporter, Annelise Kreifels.

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