By Kelly O'Connell Reporter
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Linda Monroe always knew she wanted to be a teacher.News 3 On Your Side
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Stumble It!And she had plenty of practice being the oldest of her siblings.
She's definitely using her experience to handle her energetic kindergarten class at Downtown Elementary in Columbus.
Mrs. Monroe reads a Halloween story full of vampires, witches, ghosts and mummies.
And now a golden apple.
Linda Monroe's energy and love is contagious.
That's why this parent nominated her for the golden apple.
“Oh, just floored because she is an exceptional parent, she's in her every morning, always greeting the kids and offering to help, I just really take that as a huge compliment that her first year here with her son that she would think of me as a teacher in that way,” says Linda Monroe.
She' talking about Jacqueline Davis, or Joshua's mom.
Mrs. Davis nominated Mrs. Monroe because she loves how she teaches.
“She take a lot of time with the kids and you can see the love in her classroom,” says parent Jacqueline Davis.
Mrs. Monroe definitely does love her students and wants them to love school.
“A lot to them it’s their first go around with structure because pre-k is a looser environment so it has to be a good mix of firmness and fun,” says Mrs. Monroe.
Kids say she has the perfect mix.
“She teaches us very good things,” says student Naomi Allen.
“Because she is a good teacher and I think she won this award because she is a good teacher and she learns us things and she reads us books,” says student Ca’Shun Barr.
It's not just vampires and ghosts that get Mrs. Monroe excited.
A golden apple does the trick too.
“Oh, wow, just even more excited and to keep going and find new ways to reach my kids, it’s just a great honor,” Mrs. Monroe.
Mrs. Monroe says she wants her students to develop a love for reading and confidence in writing by the time they graduate from kindergarten.
One way she does that is having the kids close their eyes when she reads them a book to visualize the pictures, then they draw what they saw in their minds.
If you have a teacher to nominate for the Golden Apple, go back to our homepage and click on the golden apple.
