Each week, we also like to recognize you for the great work you and your school are up to with our A+ award. For our first A+ of the season, we want to tell you about a nomination we received over the summer from third grade teacher Kristi Glasier.
She wanted to recognize her entire third grade class at Roxboro Elementary School in Cleveland Heights. I drive by there on my way home every night. Team Glasier, as she called them, were a group of caring people, curious learners, and motivated students.
They demonstrated those qualities, said Ms. Glasier, after visiting a local assisted living facility last fall, where they heard a panel of residents share stories about their childhoods. The students wrote letters of appreciation to the members of the panel, and one of them, a man named Mr. Brooks, wrote back.
Over the course of the school year the students and Mr. Brooks developed a wonderful pen-pal relationship, and Mr. Brooks wrote back to each student individually, answering their questions and prompting them for more.
Ms. Glasier told us, when considering the future, I know that it is bright because my students are positive thinkers who are problem-solvers and compassionate human beings. What better way to learn about history than from people who experienced it first hand? It's great to see different generations striking up friendships like this, which is why we're giving Team Glasier this week's NewsDepth A+!