2007 Education Celebration
Every year I go to the Mix 94.1 Education Celebration and come away awed by the educators who are honored. Their creativity, dedication and desire to inspire students is truly amazing! I knew early in my college career I would not be a good school teacher. Organization is not one of my virtues. Neither is patience. And just thinking about having to BE at work by 7:00am each day gave me anxiety attacks!! Last night we honored an All County Rookie Team that consisted of educators with 3 years or less of experience. Out of that group of gifted teachers we were able to recognize Julie Nelson of Clearmount Elementary in the North Canton City Schools system as Rookie of the Year. We also congratulated our All County Teaching Team which was put together of 1 teacher from each of the Stark County school systems and our Teacher of the Year is Angela Smith or North Canton Hoover High School. What was really interesting last night was that we found out the Teacher of the Year taught the Rookie of the Year when she was in school. We also had the opportunity to honor our Lifetime Achievement Award winner which is Congressional First Lady Mrs. Mary Regula. Hearing the accomplishments of these three outstanding educators was incredible! They are truly wonderful and if you or your child has had the opportunity to be taught by any of the teachers honored last night you should feel very fortunate. They are really making a difference in the future.
