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Receives $5,000 cash and podcast feature

Rachel Bowen, a middle school Math teacher and volleyball, basketball, and track coach at Warren Middle School, has been given the prestigious Honored National Teaching Award for September 2025. As part of her honor, she received a $5,000 cash award and was featured on Inspiring Teachers: The Honored Podcast.

Coach Bowen is passionate about cultivating an empowering environment where every student can succeed. By giving her students a space to grow and take accountability for their work, they are learning to conquer any challenge thrown their way. Whether it’s an academic or personal challenge, she teaches her students that great things come from hard work and that struggling with something doesn’t mean we need to give up.

Coach Bowen was nominated for the Honored Award by her former student, Ethan. The lessons he learned during his 8th-grade Math class have continued to shape his academic and personal success. From honesty to accountability to proactively completing assignments, Coach Bowen is equipping students with vital skills that they will carry into the future. In Ethan’s words, “I’ve done well in math in my past years. But it wasn’t really until Coach Bowen’s class that I was able to actually wrap my head around it.” 

To hear more about the inspiring impact of Rachel Bowen’s teaching, listen to her story at https://honored.podbean.com/e/middle-school-math-teacher-is-encouraging-students-to-push-through-challenges-september-2025-honoree-rachel-bowen/. 

Honored is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to keeping great teachers in the classroom and inspiring a new generation of talent to pursue teaching. Each month of the school year, Honored shines a spotlight on a teacher who has changed the life of a single student. The Honoree receives a $5,000 cash award, and Honored shares their story on their podcast and social media. Honorees are selected from Pre-K-12 teachers of all subjects at public, private, and charter schools across the country.

For more information about Honored, visit honored.org. To nominate a teacher, visit honored.org/nominate. For regular updates on Honored and our monthly Honorees, follow and like us on Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Instagram. You can also listen to our podcast at https://honored.podbean.com/.

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