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  • Longleaf Middle School
  • Columbia, SC
  • HBCU Alum
  • Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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My classroom is built to be a safe space, somewhere every student can show up as themselves and know they belong. I want kids to feel comfortable taking risks, asking questions, and being wrong sometimes, because that’s how real learning happens. When students trust the space they’re in, they open up, they participate, and they start to see themselves as capable readers, writers, and thinkers. More than anything, I want this classroom to open the path to both learning and community. Literacy isn’t just about skills on a page, it’s about connection. When students see themselves reflected in what we read and feel heard in how we talk about it, they start to care about their own growth and about each other’s too. That’s the kind of community I want to build: one where learning feels personal, and no student is learning alone.

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My classroom is built to be a safe space, somewhere every student can show up as themselves and know they belong. I want kids to feel comfortable taking risks, asking questions, and being wrong sometimes, because that’s how real learning happens. When students trust the space they’re in, they open up, they participate, and they start to see themselves as capable readers, writers, and thinkers. More than anything, I want this classroom to open the path to both learning and community. Literacy isn’t just about skills on a page, it’s about connection. When students see themselves reflected in what we read and feel heard in how we talk about it, they start to care about their own growth and about each other’s too. That’s the kind of community I want to build: one where learning feels personal, and no student is learning alone.

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