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![Called to Teach: Haylie Larsen’s Classroom Journey]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747852788/ccsdutorg/nkxd0vubmceczhsve1yd/Thumbnail_Haylie_Larsen_White_Pine_ToY_25.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747852788/ccsdutorg/nkxd0vubmceczhsve1yd/Thumbnail_Haylie_Larsen_White_Pine_ToY_25.png","width":390}])
What began as a kindergarten dream has blossomed into a career filled with love, learning, and lasting impact. Meet Haylie Larsen, White Pine Elementary’s Teacher of the Year.
![White Pine Elementary Principal Derek Beer leads his school with “calm, steady leadership”]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1743029850/ccsdutorg/dnys3gwlaow3qrxksuoi/Thumbnail_Derek_Beer_UAESP_2025.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1743029850/ccsdutorg/dnys3gwlaow3qrxksuoi/Thumbnail_Derek_Beer_UAESP_2025.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1743029850/ccsdutorg/dnys3gwlaow3qrxksuoi/Thumbnail_Derek_Beer_UAESP_2025.png","width":720}])
Principal Beer is 2025’s UAESP Principal of the Year for Cache County School District! His fellow principals unanimously nominated him for this prestigious award.
![White Pine Elementary PTA raises $40,000 for playground upgrade]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1733919310/ccsdutorg/d4ua3aurdarnftj0jeqp/Playground_thumbnail.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1733919310/ccsdutorg/d4ua3aurdarnftj0jeqp/Playground_thumbnail.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1733919310/ccsdutorg/d4ua3aurdarnftj0jeqp/Playground_thumbnail.png","width":720}])
Jen Geddes, 2022-2024 White Pine PTA President, asked then-principal Shellie Healy what the school needed most. The answer? More swings on the playground. Two years and $40,000 worth of fundraising later, Geddes and Principal Derek Beer reflect on the power of community to create positive change.
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