SAINT JOHNS, Fla. — It’s Thursday! It’s time to celebrate our Teacher of the Week!
This week’s teacher comes from St. John’s County.
Tina Benson is a kindergarten teacher at Freedom Crossing Academy.
She’s been making a difference for quite some time!
She’s been in the classroom for over 21 years.
For the last 8 years she has taught kindergarten.
“At the beginning they come in and they don’t really know how to do school and by the end of the year, they are reading and they can sit and listen to a story,” said Tina Benson, Teacher of the Week.
Benson has torn down the wall separating her class from her co-teacher’s classroom.
Benson’s co-teacher nominated her as Teacher of the Week.
“The old saying is you can’t teach an old dog new tricks and she has taught me so many I have learned just being with her the last couple years,” said Peggy Shorter, teacher.
“I just want to thank my co-worker, Peggy Shorter, we have worked together the past three or your years and I absolutely love working with her and I’m very thankful and honored she chose to work with me,” said Shorter.
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