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DC News Now aired the College of Education鈥檚 new effort to recognize alumni teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week.
The segment captured the moment Dean Kimberly Griffin and College of Education staff and faculty surprised Alexis Cutler 鈥16, a second grade teacher at Tyler Heights Elementary School, and Pedro Gonzalez 鈥06, a Spanish teacher at Samuel Ogle Middle School, with a $1,000 and gift basket with items from UMD-alumni owned businesses.
鈥淭he day-to-day gets tough,鈥 explains Cutler, second grade teacher at Tyler Heights Elementary School, 鈥渂ut when things like this happen, it just [reaffirms] the passion and how we can help grow [students] into community partners that we鈥檙e proud of.鈥
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