Category: School

Teachers change lives every day

A thank you to my daughter’s teacher, Ms. Hodder

Author: Krista Bailey
Teacher's name: Ms. Hodder
Teacher's school: St. Matthew's Elementary

Teachers change lives every day

Thank you, Ms. Kelly

Author: Kaitlyn Dwyer
Teacher's name: Ms. Kelly
Teacher's school: Other

Teachers change lives every day

Thank you, Mr. King

Author: Carlson Way
Teacher's name: Mr George King
Teacher's school: Other

I was somewhat struggling with math up to maybe grade 8. In grade 9, I had Mr. George King who was a TRUE gentleman and teacher. He had a calm method of teaching and his approach was to challenge your mind and make you want to learn how to use math. I excelled that year!!! […]

Teachers change lives every day

Thank you, Mr. Snelgrove

Author: Pamela Kendell-White
Teacher's name: Mr. Snelgrove
Teacher's school: GFA High

Grand Falls-Windsor was beyond fortunate to have such a strong music educator at our disposal. Words cannot express how talented, caring, and dedicated Mr. Snelgrove really is. The amount of overtime punched in did not go unnoticed – from putting off numerous high school musicals to endless practices in preparation for the Kiwanis Music Festival, […]

Teachers change lives every day

Thank you, Ms. Taylor

Author: Liam Dawson
Teacher's name: Ms. Taylor
Teacher's school: Ascension Collegiate

Teachers change lives every day

Thank you, Ms. Cooper

Author: Chelsea Woolridge
Teacher's name: Ms. Cooper
Teacher's school: Botwood Collegiate

Teachers change lives every day

Thank you, Mr. Dinn

Author: Stacy Hibbs
Teacher's name: Mr. Dinn
Teacher's school: Holy Trinity Regional High

Mr. Dinn only taught me Novel Cinema in the twelfth grade. He was a very loving, kind hearted and respected teacher. He not only taught me so much about the novels and movies we were learning about, but about the world that I was about to venture out into. He never gave up on me, […]

Teachers change lives every day

Thank you, Mr. Bowden

Author: Sophia Williams and Luke Rowe
Teacher's name: Mr. Bowden
Teacher's school: L. P. Purchase Academy

Teachers change lives every day

Thank you, Mr. Piercey

Author: Ryan Gates
Teacher's name: Rex Piercey
Teacher's school: Perlwin Elementary

From the time I was a small boy I was completely enthralled with music. I grew up in Winterton, Trinity Bay and attended Perlwin Elementary. There, I encountered my first music teacher, Mr. Rex Piercey. Now, I had encountered Mr. Piercey outside of school as well—he was also the Band Master at the local Salvation […]

Teachers change lives every day

Thank you, Ms. Kennedy

Author: Alex Wells
Teacher's name: Ms. Christine L. Kennedy
Teacher's school: Macdonald Drive Junior High

Ms. Christine L. Kennedy Instructional Resource Teacher My name is Alex Wells and I live with Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis. My parents knew that there were going to be challenges throughout my life, whether it be in Education or every day living aspects.  When I started Junior High I had so many worries. But there was […]