This teacher joined us not that many years ago. She joined the team and it was like they had been working together for years.  Her balance of easygoingness and high expectations make her a great fit for the students she teaches. She has a can-do attitude and a willingness to try new things that is very much appreciated by many here at Spring Creek. She is complimentary of her colleagues and recognizes that she can learn a lot from them. Her students say that she is funny and that they like coming to school because she helps them understand what they need to know and makes class fun. They also say that she teaches them about interesting things.  This teacher has willingly taken some of our most at risk and challenging students and helped them to be successful in ways that may not have been possible without her ability to look past some of their quirky, annoying and challenging behavior. With only a few years under her belt, she was one of the teachers that was recognized last year for being a teacher in an at-risk school that had a very high percentage of students showing progress on their end of level tests. During the last few years here at Spring Creek she has taken over the Science/STEM Fair and we have seen the number of students participating almost triple.  The gym was packed last week with families that came to support their children during the awards and the raffle presentation. She also has great holiday shirts!  Congratulations Allie Stewart.  Your colleagues have voted you Spring Creek’s Teacher of the Year.