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Teachers welcomed with red carpet entrance at Fall Creek High School

Teachers in Fall Creek, Wis. were given the red carpet treatment upon their return to school this year, with kids cheering them on as they walked into the building. District Superintendent Joe Sanfelippo set up the event in part to boost morale, which was lowered by the state’s collective bargaining debate, but also to make the teachers feel valued and get them excited for the new school year.

“What you need on that first day is to re-clarify the mission of why you’re here,” says Toby Jacobson, a 6th grade math and science teacher at the school. “Getting an opportunity to see some of the students that will be here in our building was a really good reminder of what we’re all about…We’ll all take a cut in pay this year and we’ll feel that in the pocketbook. But, ultimately, this isn’t a job that any of us are doing because we decided to get rich.”

“We want people to feel excited. We want people to feel valued,” Sanfelippo says. “If you can get people to feel excited and valued about their craft, you can do some amazing things.”

One pint-sized principal fills her students’ backpacks with more than just homework for the weekend.

Maureen Binienda is a principal at South High Community School in Worcester, a school where 10 percent of students are homeless. Maureen realized the magnitude of the problem during an event called “Hunger Week,” a week dedicated to learning about hunger. She asked a group of students if they knew anyone that was hungry. 10 kids came forward. Due to a policy of Worcester food banks, you must be 18 years old to receive food. This means most kids have to work to help their families buy food, which means less time for school.

Maureen started a food pantry. She collects donations from the staff and from organizations around Worcester, and keeps them in the nurse’s office. Students may go to the nurse’s office and fill their backpacks with pasta, canned vegetables, milk, and cereal. There are also overflowing bags filled with freshly washed clothes for kids to take home.

“Our staff goes above and beyond. Our teachers feel needed,” Maureen says. “They always come back. Those that teach in the suburbs say the difference is those kids don’t need me. These kids need me.”

I've recently finished my exams after months of stressing. I went to school today thinking we will have alot of pressure put on us about our exam results but our teachers actually let us relax in class. Sitting in my IT class watching South Park with my closest friends really MMD!

Our school has recently had a string of robberies it’s had to deal with. Apparently the teachers were asked to give some sort of lecture about keeping our belongings safe. Instead of the long speech we were expecting, my english teacher sings, “Hide yo phone, Hide you watch, and Hide your Ipod too because they’re stealing everything up in here.” IM everyone’s D. 

My literature professor was describing aesthetic beauty in writing on the first day of class when all of a sudden he stopped dead, staring out the window and says "That’s a yellow bellied sapsucker!! Do you guys wanna come over and see?!" The entire class roared in laughter. IMMD

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I came into class early and found my biology professor playing Ocarina of Time. IMMD.

Just found out that my 60+ teacher has an xbox a gamertag and modern warfare 2. She’s a sniper. IMMD