“You make me feel calm,” says one student about his fourth grade teacher in his heartfelt message. Another child notes to his favorite teacher, “I like the way you always help me tie my shoes”.

At the end of the month, the GEF makes special trips to each school to hand deliver the S.T.A.R. Awards. “The most exciting part,” says Stephanie Brockway, Executive Director of the GEF, “is that at the end of the school year our teacher who has earned the most stars is eligible to will win a new car for the next school year!”
Brockway also hints at upcoming displays at each school that will highlight the teacher tallies—so students can track the leaders.

“A car?!” shouts a class at Dogwood Elementary School. “We have got to get our teacher that ride,” jokes one little girl.

To join in on the fun of the S.T.A.R. Awards, you can find the form by clicking here. Once completed, it can be turned in to your homeroom teacher.

See this month’s S.T.A.R recipients below:

Dogwood Elementary School

• Ms. MacFeggan, 2nd grade teacher (2)
• Ms. Penn, 1st grade teacher (3)
• Ms. Lirette, Kindergarten teacher
• Ms. Jernigan, 2nd grade teacher
• Ms. Fredericks, 5th grade teacher
• Ms. Guynes, 5th grade teacher
• Mr. Carmichel, 3rd grade teacher
• Ms. Jacobs, Kindergarten teacher
• Ms. Morris, 1st grade teacher (2)
• Ms. Washington, 2nd grade teacher
• Ms. Booten, 5th grade teacher

Farmington Elementary School

• Ms. Banks, 1st grade teacher (2)
• Ms. Berggren, 1st grade teacher (2)
• Mrs. Gould, 3rd grade teacher
• Ms. Halteman, Kindergarten teacher
• Mrs. Harris, 2nd grade teacher
• Mrs. Lynn, 1st grade teacher
• Ms. Malone, 2nd grade teacher (3)
• Ms. Pennington, 1st grade teacher
• Ms. Pitt, 3rd grade teacher (3)
• Ms. Petit, 3rd grade teacher (1)
• Ms. Rotenberry, 3rd grade teacher (2)
• Ms. Spain, 5th grade teacher
• Ms. Fifer, 4th grade teacher
• Ms. Tanner, 4th grade teacher

Riverdale Elementary School

• Ms. Cooley, 2nd grade teacher
• Ms. Collins, 6th grade teacher
• Ms. Dodson, 6th grade teacher
• Katie Faught, 3rd grade teacher
• Mr. Freeman, 6th grade teacher
• Mrs. Hughes, 4th grade teacher (2)
• Ms. Johnson, 7th grade teacher
• Ms. Loyd, 5th grade teacher
• Ms. McCoy, 4th grade teacher
• Ms. Sappington, 5th grade teacher
• Ms. McInnis, 4th grade teacher (2)
• Ms. Moskovits, 5th grade teacher
• Ms. Moss, Functional Skills
• Ms. Tickle, 3rd grade teacher
• Ms. Wade, 2nd grade teacher (3)
• Ms. Ward, 3rd grade teacher
• Ms. Wingo, 2nd grade teacher

Houston Middle School

• Ms. Eldridge, 6th grade teacher
• Ms. Harlow, 8th grade teacher (2)
• Ms. Livesay, 6th grade teacher
• Ms. A. McKinney, 7th grade teacher
• Ms. Rudisill, 6th grade teacher (2)
• Mr. Saulsberry, 7th grade teacher
• Ms. Taylor, 8th grade teacher
• Ms. Templeton, 6th grade teacher
• Mr. Weaver, 6th grade teacher
• Ms. Williams, 6th grade teacher