03/26/2026
🎉Teacher Spotlight Winner Announcement 🎉
We took a trip to Simle Middle School to present Mr. Samantha Baumgartner with the Teacher Spotlight Award! Ms. Baumgartner shows what it looks like to give her whole heart to the students. Her student nominations really show much she enjoys working with the students, helps them wherever they are at, and truly wants them to succeed both in the classroom and in life. She had many great nominations, but here are is one thing a parent had to say.
"She is always so kind, helpful, fun, energetic, and real. She helped me through so much and I know I can always go to her for help or just to talk to her. She helped me look forward to going to school the next day. She has encouraged me to do so many things and helped me when I needed it. She has always been so real with me and all of her students and everyone always has good things to say about her. I think she deserves this award because she is an amazing teacher and an amazing person. Her humor lit up the room and always made everyone smile. She was for sure the "fun teacher."
"Not only did she teach very well, she also wanted us to have fun and enjoy the class. She actually cared about us and our grades and she wanted the best for her. I remember when I kept getting a bad score on my map test for English and she was very patient and flexible with it. I was also feeling very frustrated and done on myself, but she kept encouraging me to keep going. 7th grade English was my favorite class I have ever had and it is because of her."
"She is so kind and caring. She makes everyone feel seen and loved. She made English an enjoyable class."
If you have a teacher or know of a teacher that you think is deserving of this award, nominate them by clicking the link below: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSf4fShZKuzrTi.../viewform
Once again and always a huge thank you to everyone that partnered with us to make this program such a great success!