Episode Description
Melissa Forman dedicates a local Chicagoland teacher.
Episode Transcript
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Melissa Foreman, producer Jim and you. All right, it is
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time make sure you get a teacher nominated. At ninety
three nine Light fm dot com slash contest, We're doing
it again with our friends at Visit Florida. Teachers get
two hundred and fifty dollars every Friday and they qualify
for this epic trip withos to the lows of Miami
Beach Hotel. It is the coolest, most beautiful exquisite on
a beach place. Way do you see this? So right
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now I'm surprising Miss smith Steinhoff. She's at Nativity of
Our Savior. She doesn't know why I'm calling. So all right,
is this Miss smith Steinhoff? Hit sure is? How are you?
I am so good? How are you good? Okay? So
this is Melissa Foreman for ninety three point nine NIGHTFM.
I think we got that figured out though. That part's
got right. Okay, good, Okay, Now you're like, why is
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she calling? What's happening? So we do this thing every Friday.
It's called a teacher Salute. We get thousands of emails
about amazing educators across the city and guess what, Yes,
we got one about you. So awesome and it is awesome,
It's really cool. Okay, so they said that Miss Smith Steinhoff,
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also known as Miss SS to her students, is the
best teacher. For example, in her class, the kids made
an egg parachute to see who can make a parachute
that would keep an egg safe when falling off a ladder.
You make learning about science exciting. You're a science teacher,
but you're also a fifth grade reading teacher. Right, Yes,
you bought this woman's daughter multiple books just because you
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thought she'd be interested in reading them. You're constantly using
your own money to make sure your classroom is on point.
You're not only a teacher, you're also a mom raising
an adorable daughter. You did your student teaching and Nativity
of Our Savior, and as soon as you graduated, you
were hired to teach fifth grade home room in middle
school science. You have been a great addition. You are
loved by everyone there, students and staff included. Oh my gosh,
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I could cry. So this this is from a mom. Yes,
and her name is Rachel Cook. Yes, she is one
of my i'm students. She was former fifth grade students,
her daughter, and she's now in sixth grade. But I
still teach her science. So ah, well, I mean to
get a letter like this, an email like this was
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so much love just means you know, you're pretty amazing.
You're pretty amazing. So I just wanted to let you
know that, miss Smith Sein hop you are this week's teacher, Sae. Yay,
thank you so much. Yay. So you're gonna get two
hundred and fifty dollars from our friends that visit Florida. Yay. Gosh,
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don't spend that on those kiddos. That's for you. Get
a false, a false, try to get a new purse,
do something for yourself, all right, And then you're also qualified.
We get everybody once a month, we pick one teacher
to go with us to the Lowe's Miami Beach Hotel.
It's gonna be this incredible trip coming up in June
of this summer, and you're now qualified for November. Oh wow,
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that sounds so fun. Yeah, you're up to go to Miami,
right like you told me. Definitely. I love warm beaches. Okay.
We had the best time in this Miami beach. The
Lowes is like the coolest hotel you've ever seen. So
you were it, Okay, awesome, all right, I know you
have to go back to teaching. We love you. Thank
you so much again for what you do and get
a teacher nominated like Miss smith Steinhoff at ninety three
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nine FM dot com slash contest congratulation. Thank you so
much