By Emmie Amezola
Buhler High School alumna Jacqulyn Ashcraft will join the 49th induction class for the Kansas Teachers’ Hall of Fame (KTHOF). Ashcraft is a 1965 Buhler graduate.
Ashcraft is currently serving as a substitute teacher for Buhler Public Schools.
The 2025 induction class also includes nine other educators. Nominations for the KTHOF are accepted from twelve districts in Kansas. The state section committee meets in March to finalize candidate decisions.
Selection criteria include evidence of outstanding teaching, evidence of positive interactions with the students and parents, qualities that set him or her apart from other educators, the continued pursuit of educational opportunities throughout their career and a willingness to share ideas by conducting
workshops and classes, for parents, teachers, and involvement in community activities, educational recognition and awards and a philosophy of education that is a positive example for others.
Each nominee must have been a K-12 teacher for a minimum of 25 years in Kansas. Over 450 Kansas educators have been inducted into the KTHOF.
The induction ceremony is on Saturday, June 7, in Dodge City Civic Center with a luncheon.
The KTHOF was started in Dodge City in 1977 and is the first KTHOF in the United States.
Other inductees from this year’s hall of fame class include Kirstin Bangerter, Dodge City, Tonya Cogan, El Dorado, Cynthia Kiser, Erie, Brenda J. McDaniel, Salina, Mary McGroarty, Dodge City, Erma Moses, Lyons, Sarah Short, Goodlan, Sue Ann Tebo, Hays and Brenda Vogts, Canton.
