Tara Cocanower, Indiana Teacher of the Year, will take Ossian Rotarians “back to school” at their weekly meeting at 7:30 a.m. Thursday at the Ossian First Baptist Church.

Tara Cocanower speaks to the Bluffton High School student body and her fellow faculty members after being introduced as the Indiana Teacher of the Year Wednesday. (Photo courtesy Indiana Department of Education.)

Cocanower teaches world history, advanced placement world history and a principles of education course. She graduated from Norwell High School before attending the University of Southern Indiana, where she graduated with honors and earned bachelor’s degrees in history and secondary education. 

Cocanower was a member of the women’s golf team and earned all-conference and academic all-American awards. After college, Cocanower served in Romania in the Peace Corps as an education volunteer from 2008-2010.

She has worked for the Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan School District since 2014, where she is a coach, club sponsor and leader among her fellow teachers.

If Northern Wells Schools have a delay or cancellation due to weather, the Ossian Rotary Club will not meet.

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