Talia Lock
I'm going to be looking at your proposals today. That's that sheet of paper I already gave you. Give me the where you are going to advertise, give me the how are you going to advertise, and give me the proposal.
Mary Jean Harvey -
Talia is an outstanding teacher. She truly takes them to another level that students sometimes aren't used to.
Chelsey Hill -
She's a really good teacher, I'll just say that. 'Cause like- and she really helps me, and I think that anybody who gets her is really lucky.
Quentin Whitsitt -
She wants to be your friend, not just your teacher, and talks to you. You know you can go to her for problems or questions.
Cherie Ramsey -
She is a very passionate teacher. She's very enthusiastic, while at the same time she gives some good old fashioned care to her students that I think is lacking in a lot of classrooms today.
Chelsey Hill -
And it makes me feel really good that she's there for us.
Carl Ramsey -
Her class is my favorite because she doesn't give me a bad day, or if I'm about to have a bad day, she kind of makes it turn into a good day.
Shayla Lyons -
I love her personality because she's just like me. Like, we're both sassy, and Ms. Lock and I are very demanding.
Mary Jean Harvey -
That's the sweet part about it, is the students love her even though she has high expectations for them. They love her and go right with her.
Cherie Ramsey -
My son Carl is a special needs student, and he felt very comfortable with her right away. They made a connection. She made sure that she made him feel comfortable and safe in her classroom which was really important to him.
Carl Ramsey -
She's easy going and just helped me stay motivated. We did reading projects. We also would go to the library once a week.
Cherie Ramsey -
She would allow him to do his non-fiction, even though he did some fiction reading as well, but she knew that was his preference. So any of the bigger projects, she would include that so that he would feel more comfortable with it.
Carl Ramsey -
It kind of let's me learn about what really happened because it's all a true story.
Cherie Ramsey -
She even bought him a book for Christmas, and he still has that. It's very special.
Chelsey Hill -
Right now we're doing something on a book we just read, or like a short story, and we were doing like, where you have to make an ad or like a commercial or something. And so it kind of helps me grasp information.
Quentin Whitsitt -
We read "Flowers for Algernon," a short story, and we're learning about advertisements and propaganda. And so we're doing a project right now where we are sort of putting that into an ad. It makes me more familiar with the material.
Shayla Lyons -
It's helped me in various subjects, like social studies, and I'm starting to take reading into science, too, because I used to have a bad grade in science and now I have a really good grade. So she's helped me take the main idea of a story, and I make it so complex.
Quentin Whitsitt -
Ms. Lock has sort of helped me appreciate reading a little more, and I'm more interested in it now.
Cherie Ramsey -
When Talia took over the Beta Club, she took it with such a force that we didn't know what hit us. All of a sudden students were doing so many activities. They've gone to the nursing home. They have done some good character building activities.
Mary Jean Harvey -
Many kids are not lucky enough to come from that environment. They don't have an opportunity, maybe they want to, but they don't have an opportunity or source to ever be able to go out in the community and help anyone or share or do anything extra. This gives an avenue for those kids to be involved in something where they can actually understand and experience what it's like to go out and help someone, expecting nothing in return.
Cherie Ramsey -
And these kids are learning, not only to get along, and to plan, they are learning life lessons as well.
Chelsey Hill -
It makes me feel good because like, I'm helping my community, and I get a sense of leadership.
Mary Jean Harvey -
Anyone that meets her understands that she's a joy to be around. She's pleasant. She's not negative. She's very up beat. She's always looking for something to say to someone to help them throughout their day.
Cherie Ramsey -
We all get inspired by her, even though I've taught a lot longer than she has, she's inspiring to me. So, I'm glad to have her as a co-worker.
Chelsey Hill -
Hey Ms. Lock. Congratulations. I love you, and you are an awesome teacher. Thanks for helping me so much.
Mary Jean Harvey -
I'm blessed to have you on our faculty, at our school. Our parents are blessed to have you in the classroom with their child, and I only can say one thing is, I look forward to working many, many, many years with you. Thank you for a job well done, and thank you for everything that you do for Long Beach.
Quentin Whitsitt -
Thanks Ms. Lock for all the experiences we've had in your class, and all of the things you've helped me learn, and congratulations on winning the award. You deserve it.
Cherie Ramsey -
Talia, I'm so very proud of you, and I'm just so thrilled you have received this honor. You are so deserving of this. We are all so proud, and we just hope that you continue this momentum of just professionalism, and we just are so happy for you. Congratulations.
Carl Ramsey -
You were just a really good teacher with me. You're a really good friend, too, and you're not so hard. You're really nice. I've got a lot of good memories with you. You're always a lot of fun. So, thank you for your work.
Shayla Lyons -
Hi Ms. Lock. Congratulations on your award. I hope you have fun.
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