Kerry Allaire Named Teacher of the Year in Wayne

National Teacher Appreciation Week took place from May 8-12, 2017 and one of Wayne, PA’s very own extraordinary preschool educators at The Goddard School (http://www.goddardschool.com) was honored with the “Teacher of the Year” award by Goddard Systems, Inc., franchisor of The Goddard School®. This is the 11th annual “Teacher of the Year” awards program by The Goddard School, the premier preschool focusing on learning through play for children from six weeks to six years old.

With over 460 locations nationwide and over 65,000 students, Kerry Allaire, kindergarten teacher at The Goddard School located in Wayne, PA brought valuable contributions to the classroom and the community in order to achieve this high honor.

Kerry implemented the Election program to give her students a deeper understanding of how the election process works. Each November, Kerry introduces the election process to the students and chooses storybook characters as candidates. This year’s candidates were Clifford the Big Red Dog, Madeline and Arthur. Students prepared for Election Day by reading books to learn about each candidate’s platform and by creating buttons and campaign posters. They also cast their votes. Each student had a job to perform. First, students informed the teachers about the candidates and their platforms. Next, students had the teachers sign in before voting, and then the students gave the teachers a ballot to place in the ballot box. The teachers who voted received an ‘I Voted’ button, and once the polls were closed, the votes were tallied to determine the winner. Clifford the Big Red Dog was this year’s winner! The election project doesn’t end in November; an inauguration ceremony was held for Clifford, and students discussed the activities of the day.