Sleight Run teacher receives WHAS Excel Award, says honor will fuel continued work with students

In remarks included in a meeting transcript, a teacher at Sleight Run Elementary School in the New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corporation said she received the WHAS Excel Award and described the recognition as "overwhelming." "I received the Excel Award, which is given by WHAS to educators that go above and beyond. It feels overwhelming and I feel honored but very humbled," the teacher said.

The teacher, who said she has been teaching for 10 years, said the award is both a personal milestone and a reflection of work by colleagues. "I am 1 of many amazing educators and I attribute, you know, the work that I do to the people that I'm surrounded by in at Sleight Run," she said, adding that the process of being nominated and honored gave her time to reflect on her career.

She described the award as motivation to continue improving. "It's an honor and I'm enjoying that today, but I'm also gonna use that to just keep pushing forward, keep working for our students," the teacher said. She added: "My name is on the Excel Award as exceptional teacher. I'm a representative of the people in this building and the corporation that I'm a part of who pour into each other so that we all are exceptional teachers. It's a collaborative effort of everything that we do, so it's not a job you do alone."

The transcript does not identify the teacher by name, and it does not record any formal action or vote related to the award. The remarks emphasize the teacher's decade of classroom experience and credit colleagues at Sleight Run for supporting student-focused work.