Thursday 26th December 2024

October Pack the Backpack Winner: Mrs. Meyer

Pack the Backpack, presented by Central Office Supply, a division of Minuteman and Kix 101.1! Each month during the school year, we will be awarding $101 to a Kix Country classroom to help out with supplies. We will award the prize on the last Wednesday of the month. You can listen to each new winner at 8:30a on the Morning Kix Start.

Our October winner is Mrs. Carol Meyer, 2nd Grade Teacher at East Marshall Elementary in Laurel. She was nominated by a parent of a student that was in Mrs. Meyer’s class last year. Here is what Megan Ruopp wrote to Kix 101.1.:

I’d like to nominate Mrs. Meyer the 2nd grade teacher at East Marshall Elementary.

Mrs. Meyers is a once in a lifetime teacher and I am thankful my son had the opportunity to be in her class last year. During the COVID pandemic with online learning, masks, and frequent days off school she did an amazing job of engaging the children, teaching them, and encouraging inclusion and a sense of calm and normalcy which allowed the students in her class to flourish.

I truly feel that my son benefited significantly with her as his teacher. She talks with each of her students on an individual level and promotes learning at every level. The students know they are respected and valued. She has a passion for teaching and it shows in her dedication to all her students. At the end of the year she created videos for each student to highlight the year and my son was so excited to sit down and watch it together.

I can’t do Mrs. Meyer justice in this email, all I can say again is she has been the most amazing teacher I’ve been involved in and as a parent, I was so thankful that my son was I her class during one of the most challenging times.

She deserves this recognition and more.

– Megan Ruopp

Take a listen to our surprise interview with Mrs. Meyer below!

Nominate your Kix Country class by submitting a letter to us at backpack@kixweb.com.

 

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