A northwest Iowa teacher has been named the Iowa Physical Education Teacher of the Year at the high school level. Abby Goodlaxson has been a P-E teacher at Okoboji High School in Milford since 1999.
Goodlaxson has a class called “adventure P-E” and she gets help from people in the community in teaching students about activities.
Goodlaxson, who is an Emmetsburg native, graduated from Morningside College in 1999 with a degree in health and physical education fitness. She still holds the Morningside women’s basketball record for percentage of three-point shots made in a career. Goodlaxson played four years at Morningside — and made 41 percent of her three-pointers. The P-E teacher of the year award comes from the Iowa Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance — a group that promotes life-long active and healthy lifestyles.
