Monthly Archives - January 2020

Mrs. Christian is so nice, sweet, and caring to her students and Para’s. She always goes above and beyond for her students! Also, she is a reason why I look forward to going to work. She puts everyone first before herself. These are just a few reasons why she deserves this award!

Mrs. Garrison is the definition of a great teacher/mentor to all of her students. When students need a letter of recommendation she always gets them done for them. She always stays late to help her students and even comes in early to help with tutoring. Mrs. Garrison gives up a lot of time for the students. She has work nights after school so that she can help her students finish projects or work. She is the sponsor of many [...]

Mrs. Morris is a leader in our building here at Rivers Elementary. She helps many new teacher find their way, mentors others when they need suggestions and works as a leader to help make decisions. Anytime she has been asked to do a task, she goes above and beyond to make it happen. Her parents, students and coworkers respect her and her opinion. She works many hours beyond the school day to help make the [...]

Mrs. Neely puts 100% of her heart into teaching her students how to prepare for the future. As a special education teacher, many of her students directly impact the work force after high school. She has helped to pioneer a Corner Store that sells foods and drinks to the students at Altus High School. Her students learn how to take inventory of the store, how to count back change, and how to interact with customers. She looks for opportunities [...]

Chrisie goes above and beyond. She does so many extra things to make school fun for her students. She also goes out of her way to involve parents and help her coworkers and she never expects anything in return. My son is in her class this year and has learned to like school because of her.

Mrs. McKenzie teaches robotics at Altus High School. This is a new class, and she is lacking funding to purchase the materials necessary to effectively teach this class. The students are really excited to take a robotics class, and I think funding her classroom will only increase the interest in this class.

Mrs. Hamersly teaches students with Special Needs. She teaches the whole child and never stops finding new ways to ensure they are learning at their levels and beyond. She strives to ensure that each one is working toward becoming as independent as possible. She is caring, kind, and totally dedicated to each one of her students.

Mrs. Bledsoe taught both of my daughters in Kindergarten. One in Jr High and the other a 1st grader and to this day Mrs. Bledsoe is a topic of conversation. She has a love for books and now my girls love to read. She has a way of teaching that is fun and able to reach students and touch their hearts. My daughters are both straight A students and while my girls work hard at school I can’t help [...]

Mrs.Hicks is the special needs teacher at Hugh Bish Elementary. She has been my daughter’s teacher for the last 3 years! Every time she shows up she’s always so sparkly and bright. She has a whole team And together they achieve great things! I feel like it takes a special person to work with the ones who need most help and that’s Mrs.Hicks!

Ms. Hall is a great teacher who puts her whole heart into her teaching and treats all her students, past and present, as her own babies. She has taught 2 of my children so far for 3 different years who no longer struggle near as much with school as they did before thanks to her taking the extra time out of her busy schedule to help them and made sure they understood. Shes one of the few teachers [...]