1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:09,530 it's not just a victory for me 3 00:00:09,530 --> 00:00:11,760 personally . Like it's a victory for my 4 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,230 students and the school and the 5 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:17,296 district . And Edwards , I wanted to 6 00:00:17,296 --> 00:00:19,390 show what this school does and how 7 00:00:19,390 --> 00:00:21,730 great the school is and and show how 8 00:00:21,730 --> 00:00:23,619 great our district is and Edwards 9 00:00:23,619 --> 00:00:26,570 community as well . And so when they 10 00:00:26,580 --> 00:00:29,790 read my name , I was really shocked and 11 00:00:29,790 --> 00:00:32,123 I felt so honored and , and like I said , 12 00:00:32,123 --> 00:00:34,068 I just feel a lot of pride to be a 13 00:00:34,068 --> 00:00:36,070 desert teacher and to represent my 14 00:00:36,070 --> 00:00:38,360 students and I wouldn't be able to do 15 00:00:38,370 --> 00:00:40,592 what I can do without my students . And 16 00:00:40,592 --> 00:00:42,890 then believing in me when I first came 17 00:00:42,890 --> 00:00:44,834 to desert , there was a lot of new 18 00:00:44,834 --> 00:00:46,890 teachers and there's a new principal 19 00:00:46,890 --> 00:00:49,440 and um , the school culture , um , 20 00:00:49,450 --> 00:00:51,620 needed improvement . And after a few 21 00:00:51,620 --> 00:00:53,750 years teaching here , um , the sp 22 00:00:53,750 --> 00:00:56,300 advisors at the time stepped away . So 23 00:00:56,300 --> 00:00:58,411 I stepped into that role . So we as a 24 00:00:58,411 --> 00:01:00,960 staff talked about creating a a class 25 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,410 where students can basically learn to 26 00:01:03,410 --> 00:01:05,466 be leaders . You know , they did the 27 00:01:05,466 --> 00:01:07,688 month of the military child , the whole 28 00:01:07,688 --> 00:01:10,230 thing with what school liaison they did , 29 00:01:10,230 --> 00:01:13,080 the women's history month and the women 30 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:15,136 are based leadership . For example , 31 00:01:15,136 --> 00:01:17,247 this past year they created a Youtube 32 00:01:17,247 --> 00:01:19,358 channel this year . All of the dances 33 00:01:19,358 --> 00:01:21,890 they plan , they do all the phone calls , 34 00:01:21,900 --> 00:01:24,820 the deposits , everything . You know , 35 00:01:24,830 --> 00:01:26,886 it started off with just pep rallies 36 00:01:26,886 --> 00:01:29,300 and little things , food days . And 37 00:01:29,300 --> 00:01:31,430 it's , it's become something to where 38 00:01:31,430 --> 00:01:33,319 they're , I mean , they're really 39 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:35,319 reaching out into the community and 40 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:37,430 doing things and there's been so much 41 00:01:37,430 --> 00:01:39,374 growth just individually , so many 42 00:01:39,374 --> 00:01:41,430 great leaders that are coming out of 43 00:01:41,430 --> 00:01:43,541 desert now because of the class . And 44 00:01:43,541 --> 00:01:45,763 uh , it's not just all me , it's , it's 45 00:01:45,763 --> 00:01:47,819 because the students are buying into 46 00:01:47,819 --> 00:01:49,986 what we're trying to do here . If they 47 00:01:49,986 --> 00:01:52,041 watch this video , it's , I have fun 48 00:01:52,041 --> 00:01:54,370 every single day . I'm , I get here 49 00:01:54,370 --> 00:01:56,810 really early . I'm always happy to be 50 00:01:56,810 --> 00:01:59,480 here and I'm always happy to see them 51 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,150 and I love what I do and I think that's 52 00:02:02,150 --> 00:02:04,700 the key is they say , they always say 53 00:02:04,700 --> 00:02:06,811 that right ? You got to love what you 54 00:02:06,811 --> 00:02:09,033 do . I absolutely love what I do . It's 55 00:02:09,033 --> 00:02:11,311 not work . It's really not work . It's , 56 00:02:11,311 --> 00:02:13,478 it's who I am . It's what I do . And I 57 00:02:13,478 --> 00:02:15,700 never feel like , oh , I got , I got to 58 00:02:15,700 --> 00:02:17,867 go into work or uh , when , you know , 59 00:02:17,867 --> 00:02:19,978 when , when school over , I , I never 60 00:02:19,978 --> 00:02:21,978 think about that . I am , I have so 61 00:02:21,978 --> 00:02:24,033 much fun with the students and thank 62 00:02:24,033 --> 00:02:28,010 you guys for , for working so hard 63 00:02:28,010 --> 00:02:30,900 and for believing in me and in trusting 64 00:02:30,900 --> 00:02:33,940 me and you guys never let me down . So 65 00:02:33,940 --> 00:02:34,350 thank you .