Congratulations to our newest Teacher of the Week, Mrs. Girardin from Summerdale Elementary School.

Mrs. Girardin scored beautiful flowers from Broadway Florist and an amazing cake from Nothing Bundt Cakes.

The winning nomination came from Deanna Gordon. She writes:

This is my first year sending my son off to school so it was very emotional and scary but Mrs. Kelli helped me so much. She let us come in tour the school, her class room and what my son would be doing in school.
She always sends home printed pictures of the students and my son when special things happen like when the Rockford fire department came in and demonstrated how to put on their gear.
I just love her as my son’s teacher. Mrs. Kelli really makes me feel safe sending my son to school each day because in this world and this town that is a scary thing to do. I love that he learns something new each day and he is just so excited to go to school each day and he talks about his teacher each day and how much he likes her and makes learning fun."

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