Awards

Tuesday night we went to downtown Denver to the Center of Performing Arts. Char was one of twelve teachers in the state nominated for the Technology Teacher of the Year award. It is an award given out by a statewide technology organization. Six hundred and fifty people attended this event.
If you click on the photo, you can see the people nominated listed on the banner.

I was really disappointed when Char did not receive the award. While the teacher that was selected deserved it – so did Char.

After we got home, I realized Char gets many awards. It’s just that most of them go unrecognized. I usually hear about them early in the morning while we are getting ready for work or in the evening standing in the kitchen. I hear of her award when she tells me about the deaf kid who used sign language to tell her she is her favorite teacher. Or, about the parent of the special education kid who cannot believe Char was able to teach their child how to make a Power Point presentation. They are also awarded on numerous occasions when we walk into stores or restaurants and hear those now familiar words, “Mrs. Campbell! Mrs. Campbell!”

These are the true awards. They don’t set on shelves. They are awarded in the classroom and in the lives of our youth.