TOPEKA — The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) has announced the recipients of the 2025 Kansas Horizon Award, a program recognizing the outstanding teaching skills of new educators.
Two teachers from Southeast Kansas received the award.
The 32 educators chosen for this award will be honored at a special ceremony during the Kansas Exemplary Educators Network (KEEN) State Education Conference on Feb. 21 in Topeka.
The Kansas Horizon Award program, sponsored by KSDE, allows school districts to nominate one elementary and one secondary teacher for the award.
To be eligible, teachers must have successfully completed their first year of teaching and have performed in such a way as to distinguish themselves as outstanding.
Four elementary and four secondary classroom teachers may be selected for the award from each of the state’s four regions that correspond to the state’s U.S. congressional districts.
Recipients of the 2025 Kansas Horizon Award were notified of their selection by Kansas Commissioner of Education Randy Watson.
Among the award recipients are: Trenton Lowry, North Lawn Elementary School, Neodesha USD 461, and Brennen Feeback, Fort Scott High School, Fort Scott USD 234.
