Posts Tagged ‘Discover Education’

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! It’s no surprise that this is a week near and dear to the heart of High Point Discovered, since we spend a good portion of the year honoring and celebrating our Extraordinary Educators. But did you know that our nation has been honoring educators for Teacher Appreciation Week for years? Many…

Growing up in Colombia, Hector Gomez always heard the stories his mother would tell of how much she had longed to become a teacher.   “But my mother lived in a small farm in the south of Colombia and did not have the chance to graduate from elementary school,” Hector explains. He remembers his mother’s stories of her childhood, many of which included his mother and her sisters…

At Parkview Village Elementary School, students and teachers alike understand that learning in the classroom involves more than just reading, writing, and arithmetic. As an Expressive Arts Magnet School, Parkview also integrates visual arts, dance, theatre, music, media, and more into their core curriculum. And for Extraordinary Educator, Meagan Smoot, she herself has learned what it means for education to benefit the whole child. …

Ebonie Jones, fourth-grade reading teacher at Oak Hill Elementary, tries to operate her classroom based on the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: “Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.”   “I have one basic hope for all my students,” Ebonie says, “be a good human! Academics are always important but your…

Growing up, Lauren Smith’s brother might have described her as “bossy,” but she would be quick to clarify, “I was just teaching him.” Like many of our Extraordinary Educators, Lauren knew from a young age that she wanted to be a teacher.   “I have always liked teaching, whether it was my stuffed animals or my little…

For Shana Winstead, Extraordinary Educator at Montlieu Academy of Technology, her path to becoming an educator began from the time she was just a few years old.  “I knew that I wanted to be a teacher after the first day of preschool,” Shana says. “I came home that day and told my mom that I would have my students of my own one day.…

As a High Point University alumnus and former student of High Point City schools, Gary Gray’s love of teaching was built right here in the City of High Point.   “Our schools were a beacon of excellence throughout the State of North Carolina,” Gary says of his time in school. Now as a ninth through eleventh-grade teacher at The Kearns Academy,…

For Freda Walker, K-8 music teacher at Johnson Street Global Studies, teaching is a family legacy. For years, Freda watched her grandmother teach at Bessemer Elementary, as what Freda calls an “example of dedicated service.” Now each day, when Freda walks into her own classroom, she brings the same dedicated service to her own students. That’s why she was nominated by her principal, Kris Wheat, who said…

As a new year begins, we’re thinking of the Extraordinary Educators returning to their virtual and in-person classrooms. While no one could have anticipated just how much time the pandemic would take from our normal school schedule, our High Point teachers continue to adapt and find ways to support our outstanding students.  Today we are highlighting our Extraordinary Educator, Kayla Ranew, social…