With her large coronary heart for youngsters, Lorena Cantu, a small-town lady herself from Eagle Pass, suits proper in at Somerset ISD. She at all times knew she had it in her.
SOMERSET, Texas — She moved to Somerset greater than a decade in the past and by no means appeared again. Today, this 1st grade teacher is true the place she belongs, amongst youngsters within the classroom she considers her personal.
With every single day that passes, she’s serving to them succeed.
Eyewitness News Anchor Sarah Forgany introduces us to the KENS 5 EXCEL AWARD nominee for Somerset ISD.
“It is such a small town with a big heart,” Lorena Cantu stated, referring to the City of Somerset.
With her large coronary heart for youngsters, Cantu, a small-town lady herself from Eagle Pass, suits proper in at Somerset ISD. She at all times knew she had it in her.
“I knew I at all times wished to assist somebody in a roundabout way make a distinction in somebody’s life. “
Her approach is to assist youngsters, and in accordance with Barrera Veterans Elementary Principal Helen Ramos, it goes past the classroom.
“When her youngsters needed to exit on sickness, though it was not a requirement, she nonetheless arrange Zoom conferences for them as a result of she wished to make it possible for they did not miss any of their instruction,” Ramos stated.
For 11 years now within the classroom, Cantu nonetheless enjoys educating bilingual 1st grade lessons.
“It has to be hands-on. It has to be something that they’re going to enjoy and be able to take with them and remember,” Cantu stated. “I like to include baking or if it’s fractions I include baking. They always love their food and they remember that.”
Her means to attach their studying to actual life experiences has helped her college students succeed and acquired her observed by faculty management, incomes her a nomination for our KENS 5 EXCEL AWARD.
Somerset ISD Superintendent Saul Hinojosa was there when KENS 5 was honoring Cantu.
“She was selected from among 300 teachers here at the school. A big congratulations to her. We’re really proud of her,” Hinojosa stated.
Cantu says she doesn’t contemplate this a job; the children are her household.
“I love every minute of it, every second of it. I hope that my children continue to remember me throughout the years and that I made an impact on them, I’m pretty sure I have. I hear from them, but I really hope that that they remember that.”
Cantu can be the UIL Coach for grades 2 via 4 in writing and studying. As a part of her reward, she acquired $1,000 from Credit Human.
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