Jordan Cimenski, Shoreline Middle School

Feb 2, 2026, 11:18 AM | Updated: Feb 17, 2026, 2:18 pm

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“She’s an amazing teacher and respects students. She’s cool to be around and is pretty calm and collected. She’s also a cool author and I am currently reading one of her books. She’s honestly nice to be around and despite what some of my classmates may think or say, she is a really cool teacher almost all the time.”

-Hendrix Huff

“This teacher is incredible for many reasons. First, she does an excellent job in making sure we get our work done. Then, she keeps us in a nice environment. Finally, she always reminds us to not get behind with the yearbook pages.”

-Oliver Brown

“She is very funny, and really fun to be around! She gives us interesting, and fun assignments. She lets us work at our one pace as long as our grades are a B or better. She rewards each student with a menu money for every assignment they get 100% on! And if we work together and save all of our menu moneys we can earn a movie we watch as a class, and if we have enough she will bring us food, or snacks! She is a very fun teacher to talk to because she will tell us what we can do to help and she just makes you laugh! Her classroom is a very fun environment to be in because it is really fun decorated! She also gives us dark days once a week. That means all of the lights are off and we just whisper all class and ya! She also lets us talk in class all the time! (as long as we get our work done) She is just overall my favorite and best teacher ever!!!!!!”

-Eloise Woods

“She has always been there for all of her student. She goes out of her way each week to personally ask her student how they are feeling about that week. She is an amazing teacher.”

-Max snow

“Mrs. Cimenski is the best! She uses a fun reward system and runs her class with kindness but also treats us like middle schoolers and understands that we should know how to act. She is very nice with our assignments, she lets us do them out loud, turn them in late, or even excuse them sometimes if we need it. She grades incredibly fast and makes learning fun! Mrs. Cimenski is overall, just a really awesome teacher.”

-Hallee Loosli

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