{"id":10394,"date":"2025-02-24T11:31:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T17:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.risd.org\/OHenryES\/?p=10394"},"modified":"2025-02-24T11:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T17:31:07","slug":"o-henry-teacher-of-the-year-is-kristina-shugarman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schools.risd.org\/OHenryES\/o-henry-teacher-of-the-year-is-kristina-shugarman\/","title":{"rendered":"O. Henry Teacher of the Year is Kristina Shugarman!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last quarter, O. Henry staff members and parents nominated Kristina Shugarman as their 2024-2025 Campus Teacher of the Year. Kristina Shugarman joined the O. Henry family as a kindergarten teacher in August 2022. She is a proud RISD graduate, hailing as a Ram from Berkner High School.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kristina was shocked and brought to tears as she accepted her nomination to represent O. Henry as the Campus Teacher of the Year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs. Shugarman makes learning engaging for her students by creating immersive and engaging room transformations for her students. In prior years, she has always done three room transformations a year, but this year she and her team are surprising their students with a room transformation each month! By changing the classroom environment, students spark curiosity, excitement, and a sense of adventure. Whether they are a doctor performing addition surgery or a chef cooking meatball and spaghetti sight words, they are excited to learn, collaborate, and take ownership of their learning. What a memorable experience for them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs. Shugarman was inspired to become a teacher because of her first grade teacher, Mrs. Sidwebber. Her enthusiasm and love for learning made our classroom a place where I was excited to be every day. She also celebrated our accomplishments with so much warmth and encouragement which helped instill confidence in myself. I am thankful Mrs. Sidwebber showed me how a teacher\u2019s influence can last a lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs. Shugarman\u2019s favorite classroom tradition is celebrating <em>Read Across America Week<\/em>. Teaching reading is my passion and I love any opportunity to instill a love for reading in my students. Throughout the week, we have guest readers read many Dr. Seuss books,&nbsp; students create their own rhymes,&nbsp; we make\/taste green eggs and ham and students complete an opinion writing about it, and have a read-a-thon challenge throughout the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs. Shugarman believes that the most rewarding part of teaching at OHE is that \u201cwe are a fairly small campus so the connections formed with students can be lasting and meaningful. Teachers, students, and parents tend to know each other well, which creates a strong sense of community and belonging.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs. Shugarman would like to leave this piece of advice for new teachers: \u201cBuild relationships with your students first! Get to know what they enjoy, what challenges they face, and what motivates them. Building trust and respect truly helps create a positive learning environment where students can grow socially, emotionally, and academically.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations Mrs. Shugarman, we are grateful for all the experiences that you have and are giving your kindergarteners!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/schools.risd.org\/OHenryES\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/02\/unnamed-1.jpg\" alt=\"Kristina Shugarman\" class=\"wp-image-10395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.risd.org\/OHenryES\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/02\/unnamed-1.jpg 384w, https:\/\/schools.risd.org\/OHenryES\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2025\/02\/unnamed-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last quarter, O. 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