LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Every month during the school year, 10/11 and Doane University present the Golden Apple Award to a deserving teacher. For September, the winner comes from Lincoln Public Schools.

Ms. Lisa Ryba teaches special education at McPhee Elementary School and makes every student feel valued.

Ms. Ryba has spent all 26 years of her teaching career at McPhee. She says the school has an amazing culture and feels like home.

Ryba grew up attending a one-room school outside of Lincoln and was inspired to teach by her mom, a para-educator for LPS.

“My mom would come home and tell me stories about the kids she’d worked with and the relationships she had and how she made a difference,” Ryba said. “I just felt the passion she had for her kids, and I felt that was a journey I needed

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