2023 Rising Star at Brooklyn Park Elementary – Rebecca Meyer
They’re going to remember you. You are dinner table conversation at night. Their families will know you.
Nisa's passion for motivating students started in the 4th grade.
"I want to thank you for all of your hard work this year, especially during this COVID-19 crisis. It has been difficult but you have done a wonderful job for our children."--Lilly Davidson, Park Elementary
"Every person’s high school experience is different, but in my case, two distinct AACPS programs (PVA and STEM) paved the way for me to continue a successful career in and after high school."--Jaden, Grade 12
"Being in the classroom, I’m seeing what they’re going through and I can help and reassure them. Knowing that I have that insight means I’m helping kids here and I’m helping them at home."
"I wish the whole world knew that Park is a friendly school where teachers teach you about strategies and skills."
As educators, "We wouldn’t bring our own children here if we didn’t think they’d get the best education possible."
"This is where I feel I do my best work and I never want to be anywhere else—I never need to be anywhere else."
"I don’t know what makes this school special, but it’s just special to me."
"If I had my way, this school would go from PreK-12th grade so my son would never have to leave."
"Ms. Blondell believes, like I do, that you not only need to educate the child, you need to educate the parents."
"This school is like a family--the students, the employees, and the community—it’s what keeps me here and it’s the reason that I want this to be the school I retire from."
“So many of these families don’t have family support, which makes what HOPE [For All] does so important. ...The impact is just incredible.”
"In my first year as a student at Brooklyn Park Jr. Sr. High School I met Hal Gomer, a visual art teacher and the after school theatre director... Because of his influence, I began to recognize that I related to the world in ways that were different from other people and that, for the first time, my way of relating felt accepted." --Ken Skrzesz