Jennilyn McKenna, Goshen Elementary

May 4, 2023, 3:49 PM | Updated: Jul 14, 2023, 1:58 pm

“She works tirelessly on behalf of her 2nd grade class. I will give you a little behind the scenes of what teachers have to do each day. She gets to school @8:15 before her class starts to get ready for the day. After school is over she is busy preparing her class for the next day until 5 PM. She will come home to make dinner for her family and then it is another 1-2 hours of prep time for the next day. Her weekend is spent lesson planning for 5-6 hours to get everything ready, only to start the daily process all over again. Most of her students have health problems of various kind and several have ADHD which makes teaching very difficult. She works so hard for these kids and gives them everything that she has.”

-Tim McKenna

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