This is a
special recognition week for many of our employees. First is Teacher
Appreciation Week. When I am out in the community I have stated countless
times that the Oak Ridge Schools’ teaching staff is the best I have ever seen.
I say that as superintendent…and I say it as a father of an Oak Ridge Schools’ student. Our community,
parents, and students are so fortunate to have the caliber of professionals
that we have teaching in our classrooms.
This week is
also
Nurse Appreciation Week. We are also very fortunate to have such an
exceptional group of nurses at our schools. These professionals help keep our
students healthy and well throughout the year.
It is also
School
Nutrition Employee Week. This is the perfect opportunity to recognize the
hardworking professionals in our school cafeterias who prepare healthy school
meals for our students and
ensure that they
get a nutritious breakfast and lunch each day!
Please
join me in thanking all of these staff members for the excellent service that
they provide to our district and all they do to help our students be
successful.
The dream
begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to
the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called
"truth." ~Dan Rather
If a doctor,
lawyer, or dentist had 40 people in his office at one time, all of whom had
different needs, and some of whom didn't want to be there and were causing
trouble, and the doctor, lawyer, or dentist, without assistance, had to treat
them all with professional excellence for nine months, then he might have some
conception of the classroom teacher's job. ~Donald D. Quinn
Although Lynn Tschaplinski isn't new to Oak Ridge Schools, we are excited to announce a new role for her as K-6 Reading Coordinator! Lynn
will continue working half-time as a Reading Specialist at Woodland, where she
has been a Reading Recovery teacher and/or Reading Specialist since 2002.
Before beginning her work as a reading teacher, Lynn was previously employed
for 18 years as an elementary classroom teacher in Toronto, Canada and here Oak
Ridge. She has a B.A. in Developmental Psychology from Carleton University in
Ottawa, Ontario, a B.Ed. in Elementary Education from the University of
Toronto, and a M.Sc. with a concentration in Reading Education from the
University of Tennessee at Knoxville. 