Jordan Cimenski, Shoreline Middle School

Nov 6, 2025, 9:13 AM | Updated: Dec 4, 2025, 1:50 pm

“Mrs. Cimenski is incredible because she takes the extra time to make sure we understand why we are learning the things we learn. She also makes sure to check up on us if she’s worried that we’re having a hard time. She lets us go at our own pace whether that be super fast or slow as long as we get it done. Mrs. Cimenski is an awesome English teacher at my school and she is super awesome.”

-Olivia T.

“There nice. they work hard to teach the classes. the spend extra hours trying to help us. even when they are not getting paid. they dont get paid lots but work hard.”

-Elliott clark

“Mrs. Cimenski is very kind and gives us very easy and doable assignments. She does not expect us to give her the moon or anything just wants us to do our work. She lets us take breaks when needed, pop popcorn, helps us, gives us points, and even takes away hard assignments to make it less stressful for us. She is so kind and a great teacher. Thank you for your time.”

-Hannah Shade

“She is a very nice teacher and always helping everyone out, she is very chill when it comes to class work and her assignment arent too hard, They are hard enough so the students actually learn something. Ms Cimenski does this thing in the classroom called menu moneys where we can earn by getting 100% on assignments and spend them on food and toys, or the class can save up and we can get a movie and raising canes from our teacher.”

-Landry Stone

“Mrs. Cimenski makes the yearbook an adventure every day! Her classroom is full of laughter and exciting projects that make even the trickiest deadlines fun. Whether it’s brainstorming the perfect cover design or chasing down the last photo, she always knows how to make us smile. She cares about all of us and makes the yearbook room a place where we love to be. Thank you, Mrs. Cimenski, for being the best yearbook teacher ever!”

-Henry

“Mrs. Cimenski makes the yearbook an adventure every day! Her classroom is full of laughter and exciting projects that make even the trickiest deadlines fun. Whether it’s brainstorming the perfect cover design or chasing down the last photo, she always knows how to make us smile. She cares about all of us and makes the yearbook room a place where we love to be. Thank you, Mrs. Cimenski, for being the best yearbook teacher ever!”

-Henry Dankelf

“Mrs. Cimenski is really kind and is pretty cool. She writes short stories and books that I’ve read and really enjoy. I honestly must say that she is one of the best teachers I’ve had.”

-Hendrix “Anastasia” Huff

“She is fricken amazing. That’s all you need to know”

-Jacob Keith Fothergill

“Mrs. Cimenski is just everything you would want of the perfect teacher. She is SUPER chill and you can always ask for breaks in her class. She has super fun assignments and fun stories that are all super interesting. She lets you go to the bathroom mostly whenever you want and there are unlimited amounts of times that you can go. She grades your stuff super fast. She is the number one fastest grader at Shoreline. I really like that about her because within a couple of hours she has graded all of your stuff. She is overall just super kind, sweet, and always cares about others.”

-Maddie Fisher

“This teacher is amazing because she is always helpful and is willing to make the assignment easier for the students to do. SHe is completely worthy of this award and you should give it to her.”

-Ryan Stewart

“She is always there to help! No matter what is happening in her life she always makes Shure all of her students come first. She is the fasted teacher at grading witch shows that she cares a lot about us. She is a awesome teacher!”

-Max Snow

“She is always willing to help her students and never loses her temper if we get out of control. She also makes the assignments easy enough that we can do it without struggling a lot.”

-Clark Schultz

“She is really cool she is super chill and she lets us pop popcorn in her class and she also lets us buy stuff with class money and she helps us with our work if we need help and she lets us eat in class you should pick her this would be super cool.”

-Conner

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