Mrs. Laura Warner

In 2016, Mrs. Warner was one of 13 local educators—chosen from a pool of hundreds of teachers—to be nominated for the Harry T. Wilks Educator of the Year Award. Her dedication to the craft of teaching and her warm and thoughtful approach to each student make her a tremendous asset to St. Peter in Chains. 

A graduate of Miami University, Mrs. Warner taught second grade at St. Peter’s for many years before moving to the fourth grade. She chairs the school’s Individual Professional Development Committee for Teacher Certification and co-chairs its Accreditation Committee. She previously taught at Van Buren Elementary and has been teaching for 16 years. Mrs. Warner’s favorite subject to teach is reading, and she particularly enjoys the religious dimension of teaching in a Catholic school. “I love that I can incorporate teaching about God into any lesson,” she says. “I also love the growing independence and engaging conversations that I can have with fourth graders.”