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Through our Teacher Appreciation nominations, we were able to see exactly how our teachers our impacting our kids and community. We want to recognize each nomination that has come in. With over 1700+ unique nominations, we are sharing the answers to our question posed: “Why does this teacher make you smile?”. The blogs are organized by last name of the teacher.
Teacher: Suman Tandon, Hyde Park Middle School
Why Does This Teacher Make You Smile? The amount of work Mrs. Tandon does is unreal. She doesn’t read out of a book and has almost everything remembered. She can always help you and never fails to do so. She cares about her students and makes sure that they learn something. This is why Mrs. Tandon makes me smile.
Amazing teacher in general and always has conversations with us. Always there for us when we need help and teaches the curriculumvery well.
Teacher: Annette Taylor, Blue Diamond Elementary School
Why Does This Teacher Make You Smile? She helps kids build confidence and better manage time for schoolwork. My daughter keeps all her projects on tracks and enjoy school with her guidance.
Teacher: Maria Terada, Southwest Career and Technical Academy
Why Does This Teacher Make You Smile? Ms. Terada makes me smile because she is just a nice person. Every day she comes into class ready to teach and give it her best. She does not care if you are a straight A student or a student that is struggling in class, she will treat you with the utmost level of respect and care possible.
Teacher: Ana Cristina Thomann, Southwest Career and Technical Academy
Why Does This Teacher Make You Smile? She does a great job teaching the Spanish language in a fun way, even though virtual learning. She cares about her students and has a great heart!
She’s one of the best teachers I have ever had this year. She is so caring and thoughtful. She asks and makes sure if anyone needs help. She makes learning Spanish so fun. I always am excited to learn in her class, with the new materials. I also enjoy playing Spanish bingo.
She is a good teacher and is very helpful. She helps me improve my Spanish skills. Every time I walk into the classroom it is a positive environment.
Teacher: Jennifer Thomas, Canyon Springs High School
Why Does This Teacher Make You Smile? Mrs., Thomas is the only teacher at the school that really makes sure her students are ok she asks them about their day and makes sure that their ok and safe. She’s kindhearted and in my opinion she’s one of the best teachers ever and deserves the world.
She’s does everything and anything for her students. She helps us achieve our goals and motivates us to do are best and are best. If anyone deserves it, she does.
Teacher: Robin Thornton, Canyon Springs High School
Why Does This Teacher Make You Smile? She’s does everything and anything for her students. She helps us achieve our goals and motivates us to do are best and be are best. If anyone deserves it she does.
Ms Robin makes me feel great about myself, when I was at my lowest, she picked me up and carried my soul when I had no one else there for me. She made sure I was great even when I wasn’t in her class that day. She’s like my second grandmother.
she helps her students in every way she can. she tries her best to be there for you and help you succeed. she is someone i look up to!
Teacher: Jeanine Timpa, Goolsby Elementary School
Why Does This Teacher Make You Smile? Mrs. Timpa is one of the best teachers I’ve known. I am grateful that both my girls have had her in the 1st great. She really knows how he manage a classroom and I love how much she communicates with the parents. She is an excellent teacher!!
She goes above and beyond. Always there for the kids and her teaching skills are unmatched. Great classroom environment. My child has blossomed because of Mrs. Timpa.
Excellent interpersonal skills- Communicates with parents’ Exceptional organizational ability- Carefully plan and prepare her daily/weekly class schedules
Passion for teaching- her patience and empathy for young students is phenomenal
All in all, Mrs Timpa is a great teacher and an asset for our kids.
Passion for teaching- her patience and empathy for young students is phenomenal
All in all, Mrs. Timpa is a great teacher and an asset for our kids.
Teacher: Waverly Tingle, Hyde Park Middle School
Why Does This Teacher Make You Smile? She is very patient. She believes in us and makes Orchestra fun. She is a role model to me, and I look up to her very much.
Teacher: Kari Todd, Northwest Career and Technical Academy
Why Does This Teacher Make You Smile? She has one of the brightest souls in class. If I’m ever having a bad day, I know Ms. Todd will always cheer me up.
Teacher: Kirra Toney, Red Rock Elementary
Why Does This Teacher Make You Smile? She is nice and a good teacher
She is the best teacher, she has so much patience with all her students.
Teacher: Kimberly Toscano, West Prep Elementary School
Why Does This Teacher Make You Smile? She makes me smiles by making jokes and encouraging me.
Teacher: Mathew Tortaro, Northwest Career and Technical Academy
Why Does This Teacher Make You Smile? Mr. Totaro makes me smile because he is always in a positive, happy mood. Mr. Totaro has made a herculean effort throughout the year in order to get myself and my peers ready for the AP Exam. He always encourages everyone to trytheir best and reach for the stars. Mr. Totaro has inspired dozens to be the best that they can be, and he should be recognized for that.
Teacher: Meredith Trochenski, Staton Elementary School
Why Does This Teacher Make You Smile? Mrs. Trochenski never skipped a beat during online learning last year—even with twin babies at home. She was calm, cool, collected and amazing at teaching. Her students thrive because of the way she lead them over the computer screen. She’s the real MVP!
Teacher: Jacob Trujillo, Barry and June Gunderson Middle School
Why Does This Teacher Make You Smile? Mr. Trujillo makes me smile because he is a kind, considerate, teacher who cares about his students and will help them achieve their greatest potential. He is an amazing teacher and should be nominated.
He cares about his students and makes learning fun. He loves to make everyone laugh.
Mrs. Trujillo plans such engaging, hands-on activities for our students that make the learning extend well beyond the classroom. She greets every day with a smile, and we are so fortunate to have her for our daughter.
Mr. T makes me smile because he is very nice and understanding about everyone. He is also very funny. He is also my most favorite teacher this year.
Teacher: Jovonie Tejero, Louis and Jerry Tarkanian Middle School
Why Does This Teacher Make You Smile? He is funny and makes orchestra easier to understand.
Teacher: Mekisha Telesford, Shela Tarr Academy
Why Does This Teacher Make You Smile? She is always someone you can count on and puts a smile on everyone’s face!
Teacher: Tyler Thompson, West Career and Technical Academy
Why Does This Teacher Make You Smile? Mr. Thompson is truly one of the best teachers to come out of West CTA. He makes me smile because of the sheer amount of passion he has for each and every one of his students never fails to amaze me. I’ve only had him for this year as my Physics Honors teachers and he is just so passionate about making sure that every single student is able to understand physics to the best of their ability. Not only does he try to make us understand, but he makes us get excited about learning these new, difficult concepts by getting excited with us. He truly loves teaching physics, and that love shines through whenever he’s giving a lecture, giving a demonstration, and helping students individually. Outside of academia, Mr. Thompson is able to really connect and joke around with his students, which also makes me smile. A teacher that is able to connect with their students outside of learning is one that will be able to better connect with students as they are learning. Mr. Thompson is truly one of my favorite teachers and I’m sad to see him go this year. He makes me smile by just being himself and his unapologetic enthusiasm for the, as he describes it, geeky world of physics.
Mr. Thompson is one of the best teachers to come out of WCTA. His enthusiasm for physics, his connections with is students, and his passion for teaching is what makes me smile. Mr. Thompson’s love for physics transcends into his teaching, and for me, he makes me just as excited to learn it. He’ll take the time to listen to you, whether it’s school related or not, and try his best to help you. I think a teacher like him, one who genuinely cares about each and every one of his students, is rare to find which is why he makes me smile.
Teacher: Robin Thornton, Canyon Springs High School
Why Does This Teacher Make You Smile? She always makes sure I’m okay when I come into class w/o my happy face on. she’s like the grandmother I’ve never really had my second one.
Teacher: Brittany Tubbs, Walter Johnson Junior High School
Why Does This Teacher Make You Smile? When our English teacher, Mrs. Welch left for maternity leave Ms. Tubbs was and still is a student teacher. She does not get paid for what she does and has sacrificed days of work which is her actual just so we can get our assignments done. I didn’t participate but she also stayed during out of school hours to do a door decorating contest for us. She sacrificed time with her kids just to make our lives easier and sacrificed her pay that she gets from her job outside of school that she does not get paid for. Ms. Tubbs also teaches us real life lessons related to our schoolwork that makes her better than a normal teacher.
Ms. Tubbs is very excepting of everyone and makes everyone feel welcome. Even if she is very busy, she makes room to make our day happier and more fun! I feel safe when I walk in the room, and she makes every question or statement a good one. She likes helping teach us in good ways with games and acronyms! I really enjoy Ms. Tubbs and I definitely think she deserves to win this award. She is an awesome teach but interacts with us like a friend which we all really enjoy. Again, Ms. Tubbs really enjoys this award and I really hope she gets it!
She makes me smile because she is a very polite teacher, and she is very fun to be around.
This teacher makes me smile because she is always very encouraging and funny and is just a really cool, chill teacher.
She is really nice and helpful and also really funny it makes me love going to school.
She is super nice and funny! She always teaches us things with uniqueness and simple words, so we understand it.
Mrs. Tubbs is funny, kind, and amazing at teaching our class useful stuff. She tells us stories to help us understand things better, and more.
She is really fun and adds a type of teaching that is easily relatable to kids of this generation. Even though Mrs. Tubbs is a student teacher she is doing really well without a fully qualified teacher in the classroom. It is already hard for teachers to support themselves, but student teachers don’t make any money off of teaching, so they are normally working the job as a part time teacher and another job. Mrs. Tubbs really deserves this type of appreciation!
This teacher makes me smile because she is funny and very nice!
Ms. Tubbs always shares great stories. She’s always so kind even if she’s tired. she tries her very best to keep up with grading so that we can see our grade on time.
Ms. Tubbs makes me smile because she always makes her lessons fun and engaging with everything she talks about. She also works incredibly hard as a teacher and is very kind to her students.
She tells her stories and just makes the class enjoyable. Since it is the last class of the day, she is usually fun-ish.
Teachers play a significant role in our lives, and we are thankful for them and all they do for our community every single day. We understand how important their job is in student development and learning and know they work tirelessly to educate children and add value to their lives! Thank you, you are our heroes!
