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Rebekah Morse

Third Grade Teacher, Polk Central Elementary

Rebekah Morse is a 3rd grade teacher in Polk County, serving at Polk Central Elementary in Mill Spring, North Carolina, with 11 years of experience in education. She is a 2025–2026 Kenan Fellow Alumni and an NCCAT Honored Educator Scholar who has completed two RootEd projects that strengthened her expertise in project-based and inquiry-based learning. Rebekah is committed to hands-on, experiential instruction that makes learning relevant and meaningful for her students while expanding their opportunities beyond what they thought possible. She is honored and excited to serve as a Learning Happens Here Teacher Ambassador and looks forward to extending impactful learning experiences even further. Outside the classroom, Rebekah enjoys singing on her church’s praise and worship team and spending time with her two cats.