Mike Cihla

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WTOC Top Teacher: Mikala Steele

1 week ago | wtoc.com | Mike Cihla

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Meet this week’s WTOC Top Teacher, Mikala Steele, from North Tattnall Elementary School. She’s a music teacher who is hitting all the right notes with her students. “Teaching in general is just a dream. I have loved helping out teachers. With the younger kids movement has really helped, with our patterns that we are learning right now. They are learning those patterns through movement it just allows that whole world to open up.
WTOC Top Teacher: Lance Rosenbaum

2 weeks ago | wtoc.com | Mike Cihla

MCINTOSH, Ga. (WTOC) - He’s been teaching and coaching for decades in McIntosh County and still loves the challenge of having a positive impact on his students lives. Meet Lance Rosenbaum from McIntosh County Academy. “It has been an incredible experience, because I have had the opportunity to teach students that I taught their parents, I’ve taught their aunts and their uncles.
WTOC Top Teacher: Zavonna Gould

3 weeks ago | wtoc.com | Mike Cihla

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - This week’s WTOC Top Teacher’s road to the classroom was paved by a teacher who inspired her. Meet Zavonna Gould from Windsor Forest High School in Savannah. “I always knew I wanted to be a teacher after meeting my 11th grade teacher, she was an English teacher as well. She really inspired me to go to college, for English and of course, I wanted to go into the field. My kids tell me sometimes, I am very, very animated.
WTOC Top Teacher: Amber Hall

4 weeks ago | wtoc.com | Mike Cihla

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - This week’s WTOC Top Teacher shares her love of learning with her love of God. Meet Amber Hall from Calvary Day School in Savannah. “So I am from Claxton, Georgia. I absolutely love my small town and I ended up here from Savannah State University. I absolutely love being here in Savannah, which has also led us to Calvary Day School,” said Hall.
WTOC Top Teacher: LaQuanta Jackson

1 month ago | wtoc.com | Mike Cihla

SCREVEN COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - Everybody out there may have that one teacher who believed in you, maybe even when you didn’t believe in yourself. This week’s WTOC Top Teacher wants her student to know they can do anything, if they are willing to work. Meet LaQuanta Jackson from Screven County Elementary School. “I want to be a role model.
WTOC Top Teacher: Jessica Hall

1 month ago | wtoc.com | Mike Cihla

SCREVEN COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - She’s a fifth grade teacher who is getting her students ready for the next step in the education. Meet Jessica Hall from Screven County Elementary School. “As I was completing my high school diploma, I never considered anything other than being a teacher. These kids are friends with my son, they have all grown up together. So I am watching them grow up, watching him grow up, and I hope they will be successful, I feel special to have a part of that.
2nd graders put safety knowledge to the test at annual Effingham County Schools' Quick-Think-A-Thon

1 month ago | wtoc.com | Mike Cihla

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Quick thinking 2nd graders put their safety knowledge to the test at the annual Effingham County Schools' Quick-Think-A-Thon, sponsored by the Exchange Club on Thursday. It’s a spelling-bee style challenge where students answer questions about making smart decisions, about stranger danger, internet safety, and ways to avoid being injured or killed. This years overall winner was Zoe Crouch from Marlow Elementary School. “Really surprised and excited.
WTOC Top Teacher: James Meadows

1 month ago | wtoc.com | Mike Cihla

POOLER, Ga. (WTOC) - Music is an emotion people can express without using words. It’s also a way to help reach students using a different type of language. This week’s WTOC Top Teacher does that and more, meet James Meadows from Godley Station School in Pooler. “I believe if the students really trust me to have their best interest. To really find out what moves them, encourages them, motivates them, then they are more willing to follow me during their education.
WTOC Top Teacher: Alexander Richardson Jr.

1 month ago | wtoc.com | Mike Cihla

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - This week’s WTOC Top Teacher may be a young teacher, but he has a lot of passion for helping his students succeed. Meet Alexander Richardson from Myers Middle School in Savannah. “I just always had a passion for being a teacher and helping others. Then when I grew up and went to college, I started off thinking this may not be the perfect degree for me. I should change to education. And ever since I changed, its been a wonderful experience.
WTOC Top Teacher: Dana Williamson

2 months ago | wtoc.com | Mike Cihla

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - This Week’s WTOC Top Teacher teaches special education students at Toombs County Middle School. Meet Dana Williamson. “This is where I feel like I can make a difference. They teach me as much as I teach them. And we are kind of like family here. To take them where they are, where ever they may be, and move forward. As long as we are moving forward and not backwards, we are ok.

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