SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO OUTSIDE OF ALL THOSE CRASHES NOT TRACKING ANY OTHER
ISSUES AHEAD OF YOUR COMMUTE AS
YOU KEEP YOUR SON TOYOTA TIME
SAVER TRAFFIC.
>> AND LESS THAN ONE WAY.
WE WILL KNOW
WHO WINS.
>> TEACHER OF THE YEAR AT THIS
YEAR’S EMMY AWARDS. IT IS
A BIG.
>>LAUREN VERNO: BIG BIG EVENTS
AND ALL WEEK LONG WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING WITH
THE FINALIST AND BEFORE WE
INTRODUCE YOU TO THIS AWESOME
TEACHER WE WANT TO SHOW YOU HER
REACTION TO JUST
BEING NOMINATED.
>> I’M EXCITED BUT THE MOST IS
NICE I WAS GOING TO CRY WHETHER
WIN OR LOSE, I
THE TEACHER. OF THE YEAR, YOU
KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING I THINK
WE’RE ALL GREAT TEACHERS OF THE
YEAR. SO GRACIOUS
AND HUMBLE. >>LAUREN VERNO: YOU COULD TELL HER RECOGNITION FOR ALL OF HER
WORK REALLY MEANS THE WORLD
TO HER.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: LENA SPOKE
WITH KIMBERLY PARKER ABOUT THIS
EXCITING HONOR.
>> GOOD
MORNING, MS.
>> WE ARE SO THANKFUL TO HAVE
YOU ON THE SHOW TODAY, YOU KNOW
I SEE YOU’RE JOINED WITH A
PARTY CREW BEHIND YOU SAID IT.
>> NOT HERE. >> THIS MY KATE THERE K ONE WAY AND I COULDN’T GUARD AND FIRST
GRADE LIKE THIS IN ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL. AND THEY’RE HERE TO
WELCOME IT’S A LITTLE BIT I’M
SAYING GOOD MORNING. TO YOU
TOO.
>> YOU KNOW WE YOU
ARE REACT ACTION VIDEOS OF
FINDING OUT THAT YOU ARE A
FINALIST AND YOU’RE
OWNS THE EXCITEMENT, YOU KNOW
ABOUT
THAT MOMENTS.
>> ACTUALLY IT WAS TEARS OF IT
WAS A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE
BECAUSE I KNOW IN TEAMS OF ALL
WE WORKED REALLY HARD AND SO
JUST VERY THANKFUL AND BLESSED.
THANK YOU.
>> AND SO YOU TEACH READING AND
LITERACY WHICH
IS SO ACCORDING TO OUR
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS CAN
YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW YOU USE
WRITING TO HELP STUDENTS
EXPRESS THEMSELVES DURING THIS
INCREDIBLY STRESSFUL YEAR YEAH,
THIS YEAR EXPECIALLY WAS
STRESSFUL ON.
>> STARTING IN MARCH 6 BUT
WRITING REALLY HAS ENABLED MY
TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS ANXIETY
AND FEARS AND ALL OF THOSE
THINGS THE SADNESS DEPRESSION,
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT’S REALLY
UNHEALTHY IS SELF ISOLATION
AND SO RIDING GIVES AN
OPPORTUNITY THE OTHER DAY
ALL RIGHT AND THE BASING BOOK
AND THE RESPONDED AND ONE OF
THE LITTLE GIRLS A LITTLE SWEET
ANGEL CAUGHT IN MY CLASS SAID,
YOU SHE WROTE SHE SAID I JUST
WISH THAT
GOD IN HEAVEN WOULD TAKE AWAY
COVID SO I CAN HAVE A SLEEPOVER
AND JUST RIGHT THEN AND THERE
MY HEART MELTED AND THEN ON THE
SCREEN ALL THE STUDENTS WERE
POP CORNING, I WISH I COULD
PLAY MY FOOTBALL TEARIGHT NOW
I WISH I COULD GO BACK TO
SCHOOL AND SEE MY TEACHERS AND
MY STUDENTS
AND I WISH YOU KNOW I COULD SEE
MY GRANDPARENTS RIGHT NOW IN
VACATION ISN’T JUST
THINGS THAT OR IN THEIR HEART
AND SOUL RIDING GIVES WAY TO
EXPRESS
ALL THOSE THINGS INSIDE OF A
DEEP INSIDE OF THEIR HEART TO
BE ABLE TO GET THEIR EMOTIONS
OUT AND ALSO THE PARENTS COULD
HEAR IN THE BACKGROUND SO IT
THAT GRIEVING TIME TOO SO IT’S
REALLY IMPORTANT. IT BUILDS
THAT FAMILY COMMUNITY.
>> DEFINITELY A HEALTHY WAYS TO
COPE WITH A VERY STRESSFUL
SITUATION. SO GLAD YOU BEEN
ABLE TO INTRODUCE THAT TO
YOUR STUDENTS. I WE KNOW
SERVED FOR 33 YEARS IN PUBLIC
EDUCATION IN SO MANY DIFFERENT
SCHOOLS, WHAT DO YOU THINK HAS
HELPED TO STICK
WITH MS.
>> I THINK THE GREATEST THING
JUST FOR ME IS THAT FIRST OF
ALL EVERY YEAR FEELS LIKE THE
FIRST YEAR EVEN THOUGH IT’S MY
33RD YEAR. ALSO JUST MY LOVE AND PASSION FOR PEOPLE I WOULD LIKE TO TELL
YOU STUDENTS ONLY BUT IT’S THE
PARENTS, MY COLLEAGUES, MY
LEADERS ALL THROUGHOUT MY
EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY AND ALSO
JUST TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH THAT
GOD HAS PLACED EXACTLY WHERE I
NEED TO BE TO SERVE I HAVE TO
BE FLEXIBLE AND LISTEN TO HIS
CALLING AND I THINK THROUGHOUT
MY CAREER THAT’S ONE OF THE
BIGGEST THINGS IN I
THINK IT’S ALSO THE UNEXPECTED
ALL OF MY STUDENTS IN THE PAST IN THE 1980’S ON STILL HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER THEY CALL ME THEY
FACED, I MEAN THEY’VE BECOME
EDUCATORS NOW
AND SO IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME
THERE’S CALLING ME NOW AND
THEY’RE STRUGGLING AND SO I’VE
BEEN ABLE TO COAX STEM AND SAY
YOU KNOW YOU CAN DO THIS IN
I JUST REALLY FEEL SO BLESSED
THAT THOSE STUDENTS THAT I HAD
IN SECOND AND 3RD GRADE BACK IN
THE 80’S AND 90’S
ARE VERY CLOSE TO ME AND
I’M SO I THINK I THINK IT’S THE
GREATEST COMPLIMENT RIGHT NOW
TO MY CAREER IS JUST THAT THEY
HAVE BECOME EDUCATORS AND THAT
THEY’RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE
TOO.
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, LASTLY
YOU HAD A DIFFICULT UPBRINGING
AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE
SOMETHING THAT HELPS YOU
THROUGH THIS SO CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT THAT AND WHAT CONTINUES
TO MOTIVATE YOU AS A TEACHER.
>> THANK YOU FOR ASKING
BECAUSE MY OF BRINGING
DEFINITELY IT WAS DIFFICULT
ABSOLUTELY SCHOOL SAVED MY
LIFE. THAT THE PEOPLE THAT
INSPIRED ME AND GAVE ME HOPE
AND LOVING GUIDANCE ALL
THROUGHOUT MY EDUCATIONAL
JOURNEY. THERE IS ONE PERSON
I WAS WALKING DOWN THE HALL, SO
MY SENIOR YEAR THE LAST WEEK
BEFORE GRADUATION IN THE
PARKER, BANK WHERE YOU’RE GOING
TO COLLEGE AND I REALLY TELLING
THE TRUTH DIDN’T EVEN KNOW IT
WAS
TALKING ABOUT COLLEGE WASN’T
EVEN IN MY FUTURE I DIDN’T EVEN
UNDERSTAND HER
KNOW ABOUT COLLEGE AND AT THAT
MOMENT, HE SAID YOU’RE GOING TO
COLLEGE AND HE GOT ME ON A
SOCCER SCHOLARSHIP. THEY HELP
ME I ENDED UP AT STEPHEN F
AUSTIN PLAYING
SOCCER IN I FEEL ABSOLUTELY
THANKFUL AND BLESSED THAT HE
TOOK THE TIME TO DO THAT AND
NOW IN MY CAREER I STAND HERE
TODAY BECAUSE SOMEBODY TOOK THE
TIME AND NOW I GET BACK AND I
FEEL SO BLESSED AND THANKFUL
BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT
OPPORTUNITY I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN
THE EDUCATION AND BE ABLE TO DO
WHAT I DO RIGHT NOW YOU SEE
BEHIND ME TO TEACH AND AND IT
POUR INTO THEM
LOVE AND AFFECTION AND JUST
MAKE SURE THAT THEY’RE
SUCCESSFUL.
>> WHY A FORMER SOCCER PLAYER
MYSELF FOR A LOOK I’M GLAD I
AM SO YOU SEE THAT YOU HAVE
TRANSITION YOUR I’M STILL
TRYING TO HELP STUDENTS
CONTINUE TO SAVE YOU.
>> AND
THEY’RE ALL LIVES SO WE DID NOT
MUCH OF A SCAM FOR
JOINING US. I MEAN I WE WISH
YOU AND ALL THE OTHER
FINALISTS, THE BEST OF LUCK
THEY DO DO IT FOR THE STUDENTS
IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED
IN ALL TIMES, ESPECIALLY NOW
THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN THIS