Jordan Ciminski, Shoreline Middle School

Nov 3, 2025, 8:48 AM | Updated: Dec 4, 2025, 1:26 pm

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“She puts so much work into her teaching and she tries so hard to make sure that everyone in her class understands what they are learning. She lets us work at our own pace. If we want to do assignments faster she will give us new assignments to work on. If we work slower then she will excuse assignments. She is my favorite teacher and she loves what she does.”

-Cassidy Sorensen

“This teacher cares so much about her students, she helps students with work, life, and everything else. She always makes sure to see if her students are ok here at school and in their daily lives. She makes assignments that are beneficial for us and the assignment level we are on. I am in her honers class and she gives hard assignments but not too hard that is makes us over stressed. She also makes sure to check on us if we are feeling stressed or feel like things are getting too hard.”

-Zoe Miles

“She has a fun way of teaching along with a great sense of humor she makes it feel a lot easier to get help along with making it actually fun to go to school since you can talk to friends while doing your work.”

-Brody Thurgood

“She is amazing at teaching and will let us have breaks if we need them. she lets us eat in her class, and she gives us prizes like if we complete most of our assignments 100% then she will give us a movie and buy food for the entire classroom from a restaurant at the end of the term. But she also is amazing teacher and she teaches good and I actually understand what she teaches her methods are fun and I like English because of her. she will help you complete your assignments if you need it and will let you sit by your friends if you finished all the assignments from the last week and I look forward to her class at the end of the day. also if you are at like a 92 if you really need it and you talk to her she will bump your grade up to a 93 and let you have that A but you have to give her good reasoning so she is my favorite and the best teacher ever you should pick the best Mrs. Cimenski!”

-Autumn Bagley

“Mrs. Cimenski is such an amazing teacher and friend. She works hard to ensure that students feel loved. No matter how bad anyone’s day is, she does whatever she can to put a smile on their face. There are a lot of great teachers, but Mrs. Cimenski is the best.”

-Liam DaBell

“I think that Miss Cimenski is the best teacher in the world! I usually don’t have a favorite teacher but Miss Cimenski is my favorite teacher! I love how she teaches because she is so kind, and is willing to help us. She will always have a to-do list for us, and I really love that. She gives us assignments that are funner then most thing other teachers give us! Something that is super fun that she does is when we get 100% on an assignment we get a Menu money. When we get enough menu moneys we can spend them on cool things! If we decide to save as a class all of our menu moneys we would be able to get a class movie, and she will bring us snacks! I think that overall Miss. Cimenski is the best teacher ever! I wish she could be my Language Arts teacher forever!”

-Eloise Woods

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