Latest / The Cubby and Christine Morning Show / Local Teacher Wins Trip To Florida!
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- 0:00Speaker 1: Good morning to all the teachers out there.
- 0:01Speaker 2: We love the teachers and therefore we're sending teachers to Florida.
- 0:05Speaker 2: We've been doing this all year long, yes, and we're
- 0:08Speaker 2: coming up at the end of March. Here. Let's call
- 0:11Speaker 2: another deserving teacher and send them to Florida. We're getting
- 0:15Speaker 2: lots of emails here at lightfm dot com and nominate
- 0:18Speaker 2: your favorite teacher. Uh.
- 0:20Speaker 1: I think the phone is ringing. Well, let's see.
- 0:26Speaker 3: Hello.
- 0:26Speaker 1: Elise. Is this you?
- 0:28Speaker 3: Yeah?
- 0:29Speaker 1: Lease?
- 0:30Speaker 4: How are you?
- 0:30Speaker 1: It's Couby and Christine from LIGHTFM. Good morning, Oh my.
- 0:33Speaker 3: Gosh, good morning. I listen to you guys.
- 0:35Speaker 1: You do thank you?
- 0:37Speaker 3: Oh I love it, Thank.
- 0:40Speaker 4: You so much. At least, what school do you teach at?
- 0:42Speaker 3: I teach at scotch planes Fanwood High School in scotch Pleeens,
- 0:46Speaker 3: New Jersey.
- 0:47Speaker 1: And how do you say your last name? Wow? Yeah,
- 0:53Speaker 1: I think Christine, that was your That was going to
- 0:55Speaker 1: be your attempt.
- 0:56Speaker 4: I believe if we had to guess, we were going
- 0:58Speaker 4: with freuden Fells.
- 0:59Speaker 3: Yes, yes, no, perfect. It's kind of like it's perfect
- 1:02Speaker 3: because I teach psychology and so I just got that
- 1:06Speaker 3: really great last name.
- 1:08Speaker 4: Nice.
- 1:08Speaker 1: Well, at least do you know what your husband did.
- 1:11Speaker 1: I like it.
- 1:12Speaker 3: Yeah, I have a feeling.
- 1:15Speaker 2: Yes, okay, okay, Well you know all year long here
- 1:18Speaker 2: on LIGHTFM, what we do is we like to reward
- 1:20Speaker 2: teachers for doing great things, because after all, you do
- 1:23Speaker 2: so many great things for the kids. And we had
- 1:25Speaker 2: a letter here come into our LIGHTFM dot com from
- 1:28Speaker 2: your husband. It says, hello, I'm nominating my wife Elise
- 1:33Speaker 2: as an incredible and deserving teacher for the Florida Giveaway
- 1:36Speaker 2: hand hint. Beyond being a wonderful wife and mother to
- 1:40Speaker 2: our son, her dedication to her students and the field
- 1:44Speaker 2: of education is so admirable. I'm not sure how she
- 1:47Speaker 2: stays so energetic and positive. She encouraged her school district
- 1:51Speaker 2: to adopt AP psychology and she wrote the AP psychology
- 1:55Speaker 2: curriculum for the district.
- 1:57Speaker 4: And additionally, Elise is a lifelong She's constantly seeking out
- 2:01Speaker 4: opportunities to grow as a person and as an educator.
- 2:05Speaker 4: He says that you seek out unique opportunities for your students,
- 2:08Speaker 4: like taking them to museums in New York, having guest
- 2:11Speaker 4: speakers in the classroom, also bringing a therapy dog into classes.
- 2:17Speaker 4: I love that as a distressing activity before the big
- 2:20Speaker 4: AP exam. You're really really going the extra mile of Elise,
- 2:23Speaker 4: You're so thoughtful. Elisa's active in the school community, and
- 2:27Speaker 4: she was the advisor to the Student Government Association for
- 2:29Speaker 4: fifteen years. She cheers for her students in their various activities. Furthermore,
- 2:34Speaker 4: Elisa's bubbly personality makes learning fun. I can tell by
- 2:38Speaker 4: how she engages with our son when he struggles with
- 2:41Speaker 4: a homework assignment. She's an engaged listener and an encouraging presence.
- 2:45Speaker 4: As her motto is, you've got.
- 2:47Speaker 1: This, so explain all that Alsa.
- 2:52Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, I'm like, I'm speechless. Well, I've been
- 2:55Speaker 3: a teacher for nineteen years in Scotch Plans, and you know,
- 3:01Speaker 3: I learn something new every day. Education is never boring.
- 3:07Speaker 3: There's always something to do, something to learn, something to improve.
- 3:11Speaker 3: So I can't think of a more dynamic and exciting profession.
- 3:17Speaker 3: I love to you know, kids who are thinking about
- 3:19Speaker 3: becoming teachers in college, I always welcome them into my
- 3:22Speaker 3: classroom to see to ask questions, to watch me make
- 3:26Speaker 3: mistakes because no one's perfect. I'm just very grateful.
- 3:31Speaker 4: That is so so wonderful.
- 3:33Speaker 2: Well, at least one of the final things your husband
- 3:35Speaker 2: wrote in the letter is about how you are a
- 3:37Speaker 2: gifted educator who deserves this trip more than anybody else.
- 3:41Speaker 2: And that's what me and Christine are doing for you
- 3:43Speaker 2: right now. We're gifting you a little trip to Margarite
- 3:45Speaker 2: to Ville Resort, Orlando at the end of June with
- 3:48Speaker 2: all of us here Atlanta FM.
- 3:50Speaker 1: Yes, we're all going going on a little vacation.
- 3:53Speaker 3: Yep, I'm like, I can't wait for real me.
- 3:58Speaker 4: Yes, yes, you and you could do and take your
- 4:00Speaker 4: husband if you want. Yeah, one of your friends.
- 4:05Speaker 3: Know what I think he deserves.
- 4:06Speaker 4: Yes, I'm sure he does.
- 4:09Speaker 3: After all this.
- 4:11Speaker 4: He does sound incredible. So you're saying three nights at
- 4:16Speaker 4: Margauburtaville Resort, Orlando. We've got resort passes to Discovery Cove,
- 4:21Speaker 4: so that includes the signature Dolphin swim. That's for you
- 4:24Speaker 4: and your husband. And we'll take care of the airfare
- 4:27Speaker 4: and the ground transportation.
- 4:29Speaker 1: And the drinks.
- 4:30Speaker 4: Well, Kobe, you'll get the drinks. He's getting the drinks.
- 4:34Speaker 1: But yes, we're all hanging down, We're all going.
- 4:37Speaker 4: To hang out together.
- 4:38Speaker 1: We want to celebrate my kids are coming.
- 4:42Speaker 3: Yes, gosh amazing, Yeah, this.
- 4:46Speaker 4: Oh, this is so fun and congratulations, and thank you
- 4:51Speaker 4: so much Visit Florida for making all of this possible
- 4:54Speaker 4: and for making our teachers happy, supporting our teachers. The
- 4:56Speaker 4: work you do is so important.
- 4:58Speaker 3: Thank you,