To kick off the Campaign for the Common Good, and celebrate the teachers who rock, we're inviting people of all ages to share a story about a teacher who changed their life.
To read about teachers who have made a difference for someone in your area, click the icons on the map below. Below the map, you can also browse all the stories.
My first year of Middle school (Back when 6 grade was consider elementary) was when I meet my teacher Mrs.Moore she was my creative writing/Communications teacher and I was so excited because I KNEW I was going to pass her class with ease on the account of my recent accoplishes in elementary… Read More »
After a not so great sixth grade year in math and science, I was not looking foward to my seventh grade year. Where as school had always been easy for me, it seemed to have become harder. Then I met my seventh grade math and science teacher Ms.Bigham. She was a no… Read More »
Our 7 year old son Colby is autistic and was almost at the end of his 2nd year in kindergarten. He knew all 13 of the kindergarten sight words but he was not reading yet. His kindergarten teacher started to work with Colby 2 to 3 times per week individually and by… Read More »
Mrs. Freeland was my high school Health Occupations teacher. The opportunities and experiences I had in this class led me to realize I wanted to become a nurse. The various community experiences she provided us were insightful. She made a difference to me. Read More »
ninth grade. fifth hour. geometry class. and i meet a young woman who very obviously loves every second she spends teaching, who goes off on tangents (pun intended) about new ways to integrate math into the social world, who becomes almost hysterically excited when she discovers some new loophole or nuance in… Read More »
I'm wrin about the greatest teacher i have any met in my 9 nine of schoool.She was my 7-8th grade teacher.She taught AVID and math.She taught me alot, from perfect punctuation to talking with "slang". She was also a great motivational speaker, she kept all her students on track including me. She… Read More »
I've had several teachers throughout my life, many of them expressing burning passions for their subjects and dedication to the education of students. It wasn't all the new things I learned in second grade that made my teacher so influential to my life, but her keen ability to detect a student's strengths,… Read More »
Since the fall of 2011, United Way of Madison County AL has been acknowledging terrific teachers right here in our communities. Each month a teacher who inspires his/her community and students is acknowledged. Ms. Solley, our most recent winner, is certainly exemplary and gives students a great start to their education in… Read More »
My Kindergarten year started quite rough. My grandfather whom I looked up to greatly, had a major heart attack the night before my first day of school. I was up most of the night with family at the local hospital, however still went to school the next day. That day, I met… Read More »
Mrs. Susan Nugent, of Pepper Drive Elementary was both my third and fourth grade teacher. She loved what she did and looking back I can tell that because she made us all love to learn. She always had the most creative way of teaching us, for instance, when learning of pioneers she… Read More »
