January Teacher of the Month: Russell Braun
Russell Braun is your January Teacher of the Month. He was nominated by several students because they appreciate his positive attitude and willingness to help every student individually to become a better musician.
He has been a teacher for twenty-four years, nineteen at ADM. He decided to become a teacher because he knew he had an aptitude for music and loves helping people. His father always told him, “Whatever job you decide to do, make sure you love it.”
To him, being Teacher of the Month is pretty cool because it gives him more energy to moving in the right direction to helping students.
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![Rhyan Miller is the April student of the month. Miller is the daughter of Charity and Rich Miller, and has maintained a 3.925 GPA. Her three favorite classes in high school have been drama as literature, Prostart II, and news journalism. Miller participates in cross country, theater, individual and large group speech, the prostart team, student council, NHS, silver cord, and track. She feels that her experiences in those activities have made her more extroverted, sharing that she is "not afraid of [her] own voice anymore." Miller plans to attend Winona State University to major in psychology and minor in political science. Her advice to others is to "Fake it 'till you make it." She feels she was selected as student of the month due to her increased active presence in the classroom. She is also thankful for the good parking spot. In honor of her achievements, Raccoon Valley Bank has donated $100 to the ADM Scholarship Foundation.](https://blackandredgister.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/20260427_104331-600x450.jpg)



