Celebrate Teacher Appreciate Week With Our Printable

By Nicole Irving, Publisher and Editor-In-Chief | May 2, 2024 | Learn
Teacher Appreciate Week is May 6 through May 10! Our "Teacher Appreciation" printables are a wonderful way to say THANK YOU to all the amazing teachers out there this week! Just download, cut in 1/2 and complete with your own personal message! Click HERE to download and print today!

Meet Our Featured Teacher: Melissa Armstrong

By Giggle Magazine | April 22, 2022 | Featured Teacher
WHERE DO YOU TEACH? Oak Hall School WHAT GRADE/AGE DO YOU TEACH? 7th and 9th Grades HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A TEACHER? Since 2001 WHAT SUBJECT DO YOU TEACH? English Why were you inspired to teach? According to my sister’s best friend, Annie, being a teacher was my destiny. She claims that she knew

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Meet Our Featured Teacher: Jamie Ashford

By Giggle Magazine | January 10, 2022 | Featured Teacher
WHERE DO YOU TEACH? Talbot Elementary  WHAT GRADE/AGE DO YOU TEACH? 2nd Grade  HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A TEACHER? 17 years  WHAT SUBJECT DO YOU TEACH? English Language Arts (ELA)  Why were you inspired to teach? Teaching runs through my family. My mother taught for nearly 43 years. My brother and sister are both

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Meet Our Featured Teacher: Mimi Huynh

By Giggle Magazine | October 19, 2021 | Featured Teacher
WHERE DO YOU TEACH? I currently teach at Kanapaha Middle School. Go Coyotes!  WHAT GRADE/AGE DO YOU TEACH? I teach 8th grade.  HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A TEACHER? This is my eighth year teaching.  WHAT SUBJECT DO YOU TEACH? I teach language arts.  Why were you inspired to teach? I am inspired to teach

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A Day in the Life of Cody Sheppard

By Giggle Magazine | September 27, 2021 | A Day in the Life , Articles , Life
Cody is a fourth grade teacher at Talbot Elementary. He and his wife Kichelle have been married for five years and they are the proud parents to Kameron, who will be five on June 20th. MORNING 6:00 a.m. After hitting the snooze button half a dozen times it is time to wake up and start

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Featured Teacher: Jacob Van Wagner

By Giggle Magazine | September 14, 2021 | Articles , Featured Teacher
WHERE DO YOU TEACH? Fort Clarke Middle School WHAT GRADE/AGE DO YOU TEACH? 8th Grade HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A TEACHER? This is my first year teaching, so since August 2020. WHAT SUBJECT DO YOU TEACH? Gifted U.S. History and Reading & Research WHY WERE YOU INSPIRED TO TEACH? I’ve always loved history and

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5 Tips For a Successful School Year from Alachua County’s Teacher of the Year

By Giggle Magazine | August 27, 2021 | Articles , Featured Teacher , Learn , Your Schools
BY NICOLE A. HARRIS It goes without saying that last school year was tough, and that is certainly an understatement. Aside from massive learning loss, families faced circumstances that came with hard and sudden changes. Some faced the loss of a way of life they had always known while others faced already difficult situations that

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Calling All Teachers!

By Amanda Roland | March 30, 2020 | Call Outs
Calling all teachers! We have created a "Teacher Tips" video series to help our local families navigate these choppy waters of "at-home schooling". We are looking for YOU, the amazing teachers of Alachua County, both from the private and public arena, that would like to share their helpful tips with parents who are "at-home schooling"

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Featured Teacher: Meet Sara Bolton

By Giggle Magazine | February 20, 2020 | Featured Teacher , Learn
AT WHAT SCHOOL DO YOU CURRENTLY WORK? Talbot Elementary School WHAT GRADE/AGE DO YOU TEACH? 5th grade HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A TEACHER? Nine years WHAT SUBJECT DO YOU TEACH? Math, Science and Robotics Why were you inspired to teach? I had many fantastic teachers growing up who inspired me to teach. I knew

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Featured Teacher: Amy Tanner

By Giggle Magazine | December 30, 2019 | Featured Teacher , Learn
Amy Tanner is our December/January Featured Teacher! Read below about what makes her an amazing featured teacher in Alachua County. AT WHAT SCHOOL DO YOU CURRENTLY WORK? Glen Springs Elementary WHAT GRADE/AGE DO YOU TEACH? I teach in the Project Friends Program, which is Multi-Age (K-2), but teach all our 2nd Graders this year! HOW

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