My Favorite Teacher

Mrs. Kilgard

            It was the first day of second grade when I first met Mrs. Kilgard. She was an older woman in her early to mid 60s, with a kind demeanor. This was only my second year at Lexington Creek Elementary School, but Mrs. Kilgard made it seem like she had known me my entire life. As the year crept on, she made an effort to keep the class fun and engaging as well as taking a personal interest in all of her students. I think that’s why I would consider her my favorite teacher. During the year, there was a week in which we studied a different country every day and would indulge in their customs for the day. For instance one day we were studying Ireland and she made us potato pancakes, latke style. Another day we studied Japan and in order to come into class that day, we had to take our shoes of at the door. When the first Harry Potter book was released, every day for almost a month during story time, she read a chapter to us. One day each week she arranged for a “mad” scientist to come in and perform a fun, learning experiment.

            When the end of the school year began to approach, my parents told me that we were moving. When I informed Mrs. Kilgard of this, she made sure to give me her address in order to keep in touch with her. As time passed by, I tried to keep up with writing her letters to let her know what was going on in my life, and she made sure to write back. We lost touch for a couple of years, but I decided to send her a graduation announcement, to which she responded with a nice letter and a gift card to Barnes and Noble. I was able to get in touch with her last year, but I lost her phone number, and I recently tried to mail her a letter, but it was returned saying that the address was vacant.