Park High School teacher Mark Anderson was selected as a semifinalist for the 2023 Minnesota Teacher of the Year Award. Mr. Anderson is now among 33 semifinalists for the statewide award. The winner will be announced at Education Minnesota’s annual banquet on May 7 at the St. Paul RiverCentre.

Congratulations and good luck to Mark Anderson.

• Read a Q & A with Minnesota Teacher of the Year semifinalist Mark Anderson, a science teacher at Park High School 

• Read a Q & A with Minnesota Teacher of the Year nominee Andrea Welvaert, an autism spectrum disorder and center-based program teacher at Cottage Grove Middle School