Congratulations to
Life-Changing Teaching Award Nominee
SHAWN DENISE VILLAS
WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENT RECOGNITION STORY
The reason why I wanna nominate Ms.Villas, is because of who she is, this past year I’ve always looked forward to making it to her class because as a teacher she’s always so kind and gentle to everyone she never yells is understanding with her students encouraging them to strive for the best no matter what. But my experience with her is how she’s always checking up on me and others and on the days where I wasn’t feeling the best she’d always check up on me and try to make me feel better, her personality always brings me so much joy. When I wasn’t confident or second guessed myself she would let me know that I can do it, and if it matters to me then do it and not mind others opinions she saw how much a better person I could be without me even knowing it myself and I’ll always be grateful for her and the memories I’ve made. Even when I couldn’t make it to school on days where I was sick or a personal reason, the up coming day she would ask if I was okay and would ask why I didn’t come and of course she wouldn’t force anything out of me but if I didn’t wanna tell her the reason she would tell me everything would be okay and that she’s there for me. She goes beyond than what her job description has and I appreciate her for going above and beyond for her students! I’ve become the person I wanted to be and I’m still growing but Ms.villas helped me get on the right track.
Eduardo Figueroa-Nieblas
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