Inspiring Teachers

You are a beautiful man with a voice well-practiced in projecting to the back of the house. You scared me, you gave me a place to call home and taught me to work hard for what I wanted. And when you retired from decades of teaching, and your daughters were all grown up, you practiced…

I’m donating in honor of my mom, and the lengths she went to ensure her students had memorable and meaningful learning experiences. I learned from her that successful teachers build relationships of mutual respect with every student. No excuses.

In honor of my 7th grade theater teacher who taught me to be brave through the power of arts education.

I want to thank my middle school music teacher, Mr. Charlemagne Payne, who brought life into my early years learning the cello! Thank you for dealing with out of tune string students!

She tutored me after school, saying that if I didn’t understand algebra it was her fault, not mine. This enabled me to take calculus in college which was a requisite for an architecture degree. I could never have done it without that.

I would like to pay tribute to Mrs. Stuart for helping me find the courage to tell human stories through song. Your lessons went far beyond music and I’m forever grateful!

I’m giving in honor of my middle school math teacher, Ms. Constantine. She made all her students feel highly capable and inspired us to work hard.

In honor of Jo Lane, who always goes above and beyond to help students find their voice through theater

In honor of my second grade teacher, Mr. Adams, who started every day with a song.

In honor of Jeanie Mohan.

Mr. Erickson brought geometry and statistics to life — and changed my life.

I would like to honor Betty Howell. She taught me that if I applied myself that I and any and all of her other students could achieve whatever they wanted. She instilled the confidence in all of us that anything could be done by working hard and ‘smart’.