So many of us have had great teachers – those that have inspired and encouraged us, and changed our lives for the better. Their influence on us extends beyond the classroom and into our community, enriching our whole province.

Here are some stories from people whose lives have been changed by their teachers. If you have a story you’d like to share about a special school teacher, write it or add a video on our share your story page. We’ll put it in our gallery celebrating the amazing educators we have in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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  • Chelsea Hewitt
    Thank you, Pam Tobin, Aedon Young, and Mercedes Luby
  • Julia Hickey
    Thank you, Mr. Hillier
  • Cameron Squires
    Thank you, Mr. Abbott
  • Donna Oakley
    Thank you, Mr. Byrd
  • Kate(Renee) Clarke nee Penney
    Thank you, Ms. Strong
  • Jordan Coaker
    Thank you, Miss Fitz
  • Lisa Roberts
    Thank you, Mrs. Burt
  • Stacey Simms
    Thank you, Mrs. Greenham
  • Janice Langdon Dawe
    Thank you, Robert Aitken, Walter Gosse, Frank Dominie
  • Jessica (Reid) Smith
    Thank you, Mrs. Ryan
  • Allison Yetman
    Thank you, Mrs. Chafe
  • Sydney
    Thank you, Mrs. Kennedy
  • Frances Leonard Puddester
    Thank you, Mrs. Pincent
  • Lauralee Talbot
    Thank you, Miss Bishop
  • Sam O'Keefe
    Thank you, Mr. Ryan
  • Dean Simon
    Thank you, George Miles
  • Sharon King
    Thank you, Sheila Lewis
  • Desiree Slade
    Thank you, Mr. Baker
  • Krystle Noble
    Thank you, Mme Smith-Osmond
  • Susan Mallard
    Thank you, Mrs. Edwina Mills
  • Samantha Churchill
    Thank you, Ms. Blackmore
  • Darion Wells
    Thank you, Mrs. Heather Lewis
  • Warren Lushman
    Thank you, Mr. William Hull
  • Kristin Piercey
    Thank you, Mr. Derrick Baker & Mrs. Krista Baker
  • Kayla Hiscock
    Thank you, Mr. Blundon
  • Mitchell Mercer
    Thank you, Mme Mercer
  • Taylor Malone
    Thank you, Ms. Grudich
  • Kristin Piercey
    Thank you, Mr. Strickland
  • Johanna Coffin (newly Morris)
    Thank you, Mr. White
  • Chad Reardon
    Thank you, Mrs. Ward
  • Julia Hickey
    Thank you, Ms. Hamshere
  • Kim Power
    Thank you, Mr. Batstone
  • McKenzie McHugh
    Thank you, Mr. Warren
  • Yvette Hynes (Declan's mom)
    Thank you, Mr. Woolgar
  • Sherry Finch
    Thank you, Mme Appleby
  • Ann Perry (nee Kelland)
    Thank you, Mr. Smith
  • Lisa and Leonard Mackey
    Thank you, Ms. Lee
  • Brian Harvey
    Thank you to my son’s teacher, Ms. Hickman
  • Krista Bailey
    A thank you to my daughter’s teacher, Ms. Hodder
  • Kaitlyn Dwyer
    Thank you, Ms. Kelly
  • Carlson Way
    Thank you, Mr. King
  • Pamela Kendell-White
    Thank you, Mr. Snelgrove
  • Liam Dawson
    Thank you, Ms. Taylor
  • Chelsea Woolridge
    Thank you, Ms. Cooper
  • Stacy Hibbs
    Thank you, Mr. Dinn
  • Sophia Williams and Luke Rowe
    Thank you, Mr. Bowden
  • Ryan Gates
    Thank you, Mr. Piercey
  • Alex Wells
    Thank you, Ms. Kennedy
  • Johanna Elliott
    Thank you, Mr. Gibbons
  • Dakshita Jagota
    Thank you, Mr. Williams
  • Takara Lockyer
    Thank you, Ms. Walsh
  • Julie Brocklehurst
    Thank you to my son’s teachers
  • Jessica Bromley
    Thank you, Mrs. Foley
  • Cheryl Holmes (Mercer)
    Thank you, Mr. Vokey
  • Brianne Scott
    Thank you, Mr. Trimm
  • Meghan Owens
    Thank you, Ms. MacLeod
  • Jenelle Welshman
    Thank you, Ms. O’Brien
  • Jessica
    Thank you, Mr. Ralph, Mr. Jarvis & Mrs. Whelan
  • Albert Wakely
    Thank you, Mr. Churchill
  • Danessa Pike
    Thank you, Mr. Perchard
  • Lindsay Coates
    Thank you, Mrs. Warren
  • Charlene Blake
    Thank you, Mrs. Joyce & Mr. MacGillivray
  • Dean Ingram
    Thank you, Mrs. Drover
  • Celeste Delaney-Loughrey
    Thank you, Miss McCarthy-Doyle
  • Leann Bickford
    Thank you, Mr. Elliott
  • Jennifer Reid
    Thank you, Ms. Wrice
  • Amanda Carter
    Thank you, Ms. Mercer
  • Tiffany Howell
    Thank you, Dr. Lane
  • Zachary LeShane
    Thank you, Mrs. AuCoin
  • Katie Keats
    Thank you, Mr. Trimm
  • Billie Brown
    Thank you, Mrs. Martin
  • Jennifer and Jack Densmore
    Thank you, Ms. Burton
  • Mallory Gillespie
    Thank you, Mr. Jarvis
  • Danessa Ryan-Pike
    Thank you, Ms. Payne
  • Andrea Coombs
    Thank you, Mr. Norris
  • Justine Green
    Thank you, Mr. Hynes
  • Tiffany Howell
    Thank you, Mrs. Slade
  • Kisha Jacobs
    Thank you, Mrs. Cleary
  • Gillian O'Rourke
    Thank you, Mrs. Pearce
  • Lisa Kehoe
    Thank you, Mrs. Smyth
  • Maddie Mills
    Thank you, Ms. Luby
  • Emily Cousins
    Thank you, Ms. Doucette
  • Jillian Tuck
    Thank you, Mr. Jackman
  • Samantha Weir-Fillier
    Thank you, Ms. Barnable
  • Asha Whiteway
    Thank you, Mrs. Whelan
  • Nici Parsons
    Thank you, Mr. Fillier
  • Asha Whiteway
    Thank you, Mr. Fillier
  • Courtney Bowering
    Thank you, Mr. Wheeler
  • Kelsey Burry
    Thank you, Mrs. Waterman
  • Nathaniel Wells
    Thank you, Mrs. Cleary-Haire
  • Asha Whiteway
    Thank you, Mrs. Hogan
  • Gerard Lowe
    Thank you, Mr. Costello
  • Faith Bursey
    Thank you, Mr. Warren
  • Bobbi (Smith) Rees
    Thank you, Mr. Lane
  • Kristen Head
    Thank you, Mrs. Spracklin
  • Tiffany Canning
    Thank you, Mr. Casey
  • Casey Delaney
    Thank you, Mr. Combden
  • Mj Flynn
    Thank you, Ms. Delahunty
  • Jamie Roberts
    Thank you, Mrs. Hunt
  • Karleena Squires
    Thank you, Mr. Zwicker
  • Kristen Peach
    Thank you, Ms. Delahunty
  • Tina Traverse
    Thank you, Mr. Linehan
  • Abigail Bishop
    Thank you, Mr. Sheppard
  • Taylor Smith
    Thank you, Ms. Hiscock
  • Alicia Linthorne
    Thank you, Mr. Simms
  • Emily Fitzgerald
    Thank you, Ms. Doucette
  • Liam Dawson
    Thank you, Ms. Taylor
  • Adrienne Deering
    Thank you, Mr. Warren
  • Jeremy Snow
    Thank you, Mrs. Hardy
  • Keelee Pham
    Thank you, Mr. Simms
  • Alicia Decker-Gushue
    Thank you, Mrs. Saunders
  • Matthew Sheppard
    Thank you, Ms. Doucette
  • Hannah Lear
    Thank you, Mr. Warren
  • Justin Pearcey
    Thank you, Mr. Tilley
  • Rod Howell
    Thank you, Mr. Lewis
  • Kelsey Clarke
    Thank you, Ms. Sheehan
  • Morgan Sheppard
    Thank you, Mr. Yetman
  • Brittany Corbett
    Thank you, Mrs. Simms
  • Zack Clarke
    Thank you, Ms. Haire
  • Jennifer Kennedy
    Thank you, Mrs. Shortall
  • Rhonda Tulk-Lane
    Thank you, Holy Cross Elementary
  • Kimberly Lilly
    Thank you, Ms. Whelan
  • Julia Hickey
    Thank You, Ms. Daniels
  • Nicole Gibson
    Thank you, Mrs. Pelley
  • Shae-Lynn H
    Thank you, Mrs. Clancy
  • Kaila LeDrew
    Thank you, Ms. Sheehan
  • Gary Wadden
    Thank you, Mr. Best
  • Caitlin Newell
    Thank you, Ms. Gibbons
  • Ashley Hayward
    Thank you, Mrs. Walsh
  • Julia Anne Hickey
    Thank you, Mr. Thomas
  • K.S.
    Thank you, Mr. Critch
  • Kayla Colbert
    Thank you, Mr. Wall
  • Michael Pickard
    Thank you, Mr. McDonald
  • Megan Stuckless
    Thank you, Mr. Spurrell
  • Tara c.
    Thank you, Mr. Park
  • Mike
    Sister Mary Jellybean
  • Vicki Murphy
    Thank you, Mrs. Stratton
  • Charlene Power
    Thank you, Mrs. Tobin
  • Kelsey H
    Thank you, Mr. Power
  • Leslie Ann Ryan
    Thank you, Mr. Abbott
  • Rhonda Robbins
    Thank you, Mr. Stentaford
  • Jennifer Ellis
    Mary Tremblett & Madonna Kelly
  • Dylan Baggs
    Thank you. Mrs. Dawe
  • Margaret Taylor
    Thank you, Miss Petten
  • Dawn Patten-Scott
    Thank you, Mr. Hurley
  • Mitchel Snelgrove
    Thank you, Ms. Deer
  • Tara Bradbury
    Thank you, Mrs. Howell
  • John Edwards
    Thank you, Mr. Starks
  • Robyn Foley
    Thank you, Mr. Paul Quigley
  • Sarah McGrath
    Thank you, Mr. Perry
  • Julie Brocklehurst
    Kelly Lucas and Penny Fitzpatrick
  • Katie Dunn
    Thank you, Mrs. Hare
  • Kristen Bumstead
    Thank you, Ms. Norman
  • Jessica Kean
    Thank you, Mrs. Beresford
  • Nathan Doucette
    Thank you, Mr. Kettle
  • Emily W.
    Thank you, Ms. Sauve
  • Liam Wight
    Thank you, Mr. Johnston
  • Jillian Bishop
    Thank you, Mrs. Leamon
  • Dawn Murphy
    Thank you, Mr. Fitz
  • Victoria Stone
    Thank you, Mme Maloney
  • D'Arcy Butler
    Thank you, Mr. Coffey
  • Heather Hoskins
    Thank you, Mrs. Mullett
  • Victoria Wadden
    Thank you, Mr. Chiasson
  • Kate McLeod
    Thank you, Ms. Philpott
  • Sarah Hardiman
    Thank you, Mr. Beauchamp
  • Elaine Walsh
    Thank you, Miss Stowe
  • Lisa Dunne
    Thank you, Mrs. Blundon
  • Elizabeth Butt
    Thank you, Mrs. Mullett
  • Mary S. Devereaux
    Mrs. Stamp challenged me to the limit
  • Melissa Power
    Thank you, Mrs. Short
  • Joanne (Quinlan) Boyd
    Mr. Lannon, we thank you
  • Alice C
    The one-and-only, Mr. Dinn
  • Danielle Larmon
    Thank you, Mr. Power
  • Katherine Brooks
    Thank you, Mr. Connors
  • Bonnie Hobbs
    To John and Nancy Elkins
  • Donna Gibbons
    Lifetime influence
  • Samantha Griffiths
    Thank you, Mr. Pittman
  • Vanessa Garnier
    Mr. Carberry was awesome
  • Mark Harvey
    Thank you, Mr. McGrath
  • Joanne Moore
    Thank you, Mr. Locke
  • Teresina Benoit
    Mrs. Abbott: Thank you
  • Mike Fardy
    Thank you, Donna Mills
  • Andrew Furey
    Thank you, Mrs. Dunne
  • Jennifer Sharron Gill
    Mrs. Pinksen made Gr. 3 special
  • Alaina Scott (Chapman)
    Mr. Vardy went above and beyond
  • Christina Gillingham
    Mr. Goulding, my music teacher
  • Ruth Lawrence
    A very special teacher
  • Geraldine Hollett
    Thank you, Mr. Hackett
  • Heather Tobin
    Mr. Woolgar, a one-in-a-million teacher
  • Debbie Bellows
    A favourite memory
  • Janet O'Reilly
    Thank you, Mr. Byrd
  • Tess Burke
    Thank you, Mr. Norman