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Board recognizes state-placing girls wrestlers and names elementary art educator honored nationally
Summary
The board honored Roseville Area High School wrestlers Elizabeth Heiler and Annika Beaubars for state placings and celebrated an elementary art educator, "Bea" (Miss Lee), who was named the 2025 Choice-Based Art Teacher of the Year by the National Art Education Association.
The Roseville Area Schools board used part of its March 18 meeting to recognize student athletes and a nationally honored elementary art educator.
Activities director Andrew Schmidt introduced two Roseville Area High School wrestlers, Elizabeth Heiler and Annika Beaubars, who competed at the state tournament. Heiler placed third for the third consecutive year; Beaubars, in her first year placing at state, also finished third in her weight class. "They are wrestling for the Roseville wrestling team. They both competed at State; Elizabeth for her third consecutive year, placed third, and Anika with her first year placing third as well," Schmidt said. Both students described wrestling as physically and mentally demanding and highlighted team growth. Beaubars said the girls'team grew from two wrestlers when they started to about 14 this season.
Heiler told the board she plans to pursue wrestling in college but is undecided on where: "I'll definitely wrestle in college. I'm unsure yet as to where I'll go because our senior year will be the first year there's a NCAA women's collegiate tournament." Board members praised the students as role models and for helping make girls'wrestling more visible to younger athletes.
The board also recognized an elementary art teacher identified in the meeting as "Bea" or Miss Lee for receiving the National Art Education Association's 2025 Choice-Based Art Teacher of the Year award. Miss Lee described her classroom at Emmett D. Williams as a studio organized by centers (drawing, painting, sculpture, fiber) in which students receive short lessons and then pursue projects driven by their own interests. "The best feedback I get is from my students and their families," she said, explaining the program centers contemporary artists of color and encourages student-driven creation rather than replication. The award will be presented during the NAEA conference in Louisville, Kentucky.
Provenance: Student recognitions and the art educator award were part of the meeting's announcements and recognitions segment.
