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News5 is pleased to congratulate our February Teachers First award-winner, Melanie McAuley.
Mcauley is a teacher at Otero Elementary School in Colorado Springs.
Her students say she is an "awesome and amazing teacher" and teaches them to be kind.
"It is hard and it takes a lot of effort, but it's totally worth it," McAuley said.
If you have a teacher you want to nominate, learn more by clicking here.