Once you walk into
Delcia Harper’s third
grade class, yon can’t help
but smile. It’s as if ate is
disciplining her »i
with mild humor. They
smile easily and aren’t a
* bit embarrassed when re
primanded.
Instead, they senee her
caring attitude and the .
gleam of respect within'
- their eyes is evident.
These are Just a few
reasons Ms. Harper was
voted as “Teacher of the
Year” in the Myers Park
Harding area. Coaepeting
against 18 other mptrb
fan rhme If* Ttw^i ■ w - *- -
—f mm, Mf niper .pe
came one of the six fmal
ists in the Chartotta-Meck
lenburg School System’s
'Teacher of the Year”
^Ms. Harper is also a Pert
ttan^averag^wrerfc^ from
finds the talents within
each child and' carries
S*LF*
. rattle their _ j
and ambitioos.
In each case, the nu
cleus of Ms. Harper’s ere
^iffwhgnr iweHtar her
have a sense of honesty and
sincerity which allows me
to take a closer look at life
and to enjoy the smaller
things in fife 1 have a
tendency to.farget since I
became an adult.’’
.-“I like the way Ms.
Harper teaches. She makes
^ everything easier to un
derstand aad she is a nice
teacher.”
-Ashety Garner, student
. .For the "Teacher of the
Year” competition, Ms.
Harper compiled a scrap
book concerning various
techniques she used to
educate. She graduated
from the University of
North Carolina at Char
lotte in U7» with s dean*
in Early CUdhood Educa
tion and a- minor in Cre
ative Arts. She has been
for fo?of these years she
has written the script,
■Hie and jpfas far a
musical production for the
•tridents of her school,
a_ ms . .
Jwwyu Avenue Elemerh
tary.
Pootry, music, physical
education «nd dance are
interptaglotf In Ms. Bar
per’# plays. Last year, the
' name eras "Shythm la Our
Pockets ” 11* year her
theme will be the Olym
pics.
"Sometimes Ideas pop
hd» my head in the morn
while I'm (hiving m think
of-something. Interaction
with my co-workers also
hetpo^ne^with creative
-..TSErT-^ martgn .
latives.. hands-or^befor^! ■.
. abstract. There are so
leveb, -you lave to prac
tically plan individual in
" structioa for each oea.”
This, In turn, allows Ms.
Harper-to aid in the blos
soming of each child. "I try
—4o rfsyrntrate on the
child’s gift suncTeacircEQa
has at least ooe. Like Andy,
he is an extremely talent
ed artist.”
“Ms. Harper Is a nice
teacher and her week is
easy to understand. I get to
; draw more and I like her
homework passes.” (re- !
ward system) . ..
/ Andy Driver, student
Contest at Seiwyn Ele
mentary School each year.
“We .have three to four
winner* each year and we
take them to Chuckie :
Cheese for ptasa and to
play video games,” Ms.
Harper commented. -
Even within the class
room setting, there is much
interaction reward - ■
; systems to stimulate in
terest. In an estimation
dents must guess’how
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ill a~Jar. Whoever comes
the closest to the actual
number, wins the candy.
As the day draws to as
end, the students seem to
say good-bye not only to
their teacher.. . but to
Mends as wed. Some cone
over to tt» Ms. Harper
~‘good-bye.“-V. .
As the bell rings, often
the day does not end for
Ms. Harper. “I try to be
involved in their extra- >
curricular activities as
H*U. Take Johnny Wylie,
for tnsmnce-Wow- he to a -
singer.
_
• "I’ve learned how to
write in cursive and I know
that I want to week on my
diploma. I’D wait a little
r-*-r--—--—
number at the CMC
retaS^tty^mind,” she. •
concluded. ' / - • >, - I
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ature book and is no* in the
process of writing child
rat’s music and creating
aural units in various
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