Excellence in Education: Kathy Nolfo

5:49 PM, Apr 06, 2021

By Gabriel Rogers

Gabriel Rogers joined FOX 17 in January 2023 after graduating from Grand Valley State University. He received his B.A. in international relations and German Language with a minor in history in Winter 2022. While studying at GVSU, he became an active member at GVTV - the university's student-run television station. There, he was introduced to the world of broadcast journalism and storytelling.

Gabriel has also spent time in Europe; living in Munich, Germany for a year while admitted to the Ludwig Maximilian Universität as a guest student.

His passion for journalism comes from a love of history and international affairs. He also has a love for languages — being proficient in German as well as having studied other languages like Dutch, Pennsylvania German, French, Russian and Italian in the past.

Kathy Nolfo is this week's Excellence in Education winner!

MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. — Kathy Nolfo is being recognized for her Excellence in Education.

"I had a little guy who wasn't ever going to be ready to go to junior high," says Abbie Junge, Nolfo’s nominator, "and now he's excited to be the big boy that Miss Kathy's helped make and prepare.”

“These students are mine. They're mine forever,” says Kathy. “I still am in contact with so many...like...students I've had 10 years ago. It's a great, great life to be a teacher.”

Kathy has received a $1,500 check from the Michigan Lottery, and her class at Macomb Intermediate School District will receive a $500 grant.

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