Hero in Education ...WOW!!!

The City of West Jordan Chamber of Commerce gives out an award called Hero's in Eduction to teachers in the city. Students nominate teachers and then based on the comments written by the students, they select winners. The Chamber selected 10 winners this year and 4 of them were from my school. Another interesting thing is that 3 of the 4 teachers were history teachers. Now for the amazing part....one of which was me!

I couldn't believe it when they called my name as one of the winners. I received a certificate, a gift certificate and all the letters my students wrote. It was so neat to be able to read what they wrote about me and why they nominated me. It made my day to know that my students think so highly of me. :) As a teacher you are never really sure how much they are learning or if you have much of an impact. Reading their letters though helped me see that I have had an impact on them.

A lot of them said that I am able to explain things in a way that makes sense and stinks in their minds. Now this part isn't a huge surprise for a lot of you - but they said I am very enthusiastic and happy in class which makes it more fun. There were some other things they wrote, but I feel a little self conscious writing them on here. I just had to share because I was pretty excited. :)