Caitlin Pugh

I love that teaching opens more doors than one. Being an educator can look different. It taught me to push myself and challenge the limits.

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Tell us why you became a teacher

This is what I was meant to do. Building relationships with my students fill my heart strings and watching them achieve, sometimes the impossible.

Tell us about your most memorable teaching experience

After 19 years I have plenty of stories, fun and sad, however my most recent memorable moment happened this year. My school is celebrating its Centennial and we are doing so many things to celebrate. In September the whole school wore our school colors and we had a birthday party with our mascot and community members. After the party, we made a huge 100 on the blacktop with the students and staff. To see the pure excitement in everyone’s eyes was amazing and they are still talking about it.

What would you do with the $25,000?

Support my school in developing a reading and writing program.

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