NEWBURGH—Inspired by an aunt who taught school, Newburgh’s Dana McDonough grew up in a tradition of teaching. That inspiration came to fruition recently as McDonough was named the New York State 2016 Teacher of the Year.
Newburgh born-and-bred, McDonough has been teaching for 22 years, mostly at the Fostertown Etc Magnet School, where she now teaches second grade and as a child attended elementary school.
In a Sept. 17 press release Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents Merryl Tisch said, “Dana McDonough encourages children to recognize and take ownership of their own path of learning in and out of the classroom. She works with the whole community around a child, realizing that learning doesn’t begin and end in the classroom. She gives her students the tools they need to be lifelong learners.”
