The deadline for the Ms. Frizzle Award is 1 March 1997. Pop bottle egg timers contstructed by students stand ready to use. Everything in the classroom reflects Sheryl Brown's awareness of time. I am observing Sheryl's 8th grade general math class at La Grande Middle School. Recognized as a master teacher by students, peers, and administrators alike, Sheryl has been encouraging and inspiring students at LMS for more than 15 years.
Students respond with smiles.
Notebooks are retrieved from the file cabinet, papers are handed back, comments and questions are exchanged with an impressive precision and warmth. Doug Potter, the principal, stops in. She's one of the most outstanding math teachers I have seen in seventeen years of middle level education. She motivates them all. Students frequently tell me that she is their favorite teacher.