{"id":39533,"date":"2018-09-07T14:39:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T18:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=39533"},"modified":"2018-09-07T14:47:07","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T18:47:07","slug":"39533","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/39533\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Grim &#8217;90 selected for regional teacher of the year award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subscriber-preview\">\n<p>In Chris Grim\u2019s first-grade classroom when a student does something kind, or accomplishes something important, they get to ring the celebration bell.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-preview\">\n<p>The celebration bell may just look like a horseshoe attached to a string, but when it is struck with a metal rod, it rings out and elicits many cheers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>On Thursday, it wasn\u2019t one of Grim\u2019s students who got to ring the bell \u2014 it was Grim herself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tncms-region-article_instory_top\" class=\"tncms-region hidden-print\">During an assembly attended by the entire school, which includes approximately 168 students, as well as a dozen of Grim\u2019s friends and family members, it was announced that she was chosen by the Virginia Department of Education as the Region 5 teacher of the year.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2018\/06\/eight-alumni-educators-including-rockingham-countys-teacher-of-the-year-recognized-for-professional-excellence\/\">Read more about Grim and the seven EMU alumni recognized as teachers of the year.<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whsv.com\/content\/news\/Local-teacher-wins-regional-teacher-of-the-year-492640571.html\">Watch WHSV coverage.<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>There are 13 counties and seven cities in Region 5, encompassing hundreds of schools and even more teachers.<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>Grim has been teaching first-grade math and language arts at Fulks Run Elementary School for 28 years, this being her 29th year at the small, community school. Grim, who did her student teaching at Fulks Run, knew she had found someplace special.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>\u201cThis is a community school where everyone knows everyone,\u201d she said. \u201cThere is a lot of caring for each other when there is need in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>Four days before the start of school 29 years ago, Grim was hired to teach first grade at Fulks Run and she\u2019s never looked back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>\u201cI feel like God called me to teach here,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>Although Grim was named Rockingham County Public Schools\u2019 Lucy F. Simms Educator of the Year in May, the Region 5 teacher of the year award came as a surprise. Principal Alisa Sims told as few people as possible to keep the secret under wraps, while also making sure the people closest to Grim were able to be there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>RCPS Superintendent Oskar Scheikl received a call from James Lane, Virginia\u2019s superintendent for public instruction, a few weeks ago. At Thursday\u2019s assembly, Scheikl told the audience that Lane advised him to \u201ckeep Sept. 6 open\u201d and to \u201cinvite some people.\u201d To keep the students and faculty, and especially Grim, in suspense, her family and friends were sequestered in the cafeteria while the rest of the school filed into the auditorium Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>In fact, after Grim\u2019s loved ones were seated in the back at the start of the assembly, she said she didn\u2019t even think to look back and didn\u2019t see they were there until she took the stage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>Present to give the award was Cynthia Cave, the assistant superintendent of policy and communications for the Virginia Department of Education.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>\u201cThis program is an opportunity to go out and find the most caring people that deal with students,\u201d Cave said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until Cave mentioned Region 5 that Grim started to think that maybe they were all there for her. Until that point, her best guess for the hoopla was due to schoolwide recognition for Standards of Learning test scores.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tncms-region-article_instory_middle\" class=\"tncms-region hidden-print\">When Cave announced that Grim was indeed chosen as the region\u2019s teacher of the year, an emotional Grim took the stage, holding hands with Scheikl while Cave read a letter from Gov. Ralph Northam, as well as congratulations from Lane.<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>Three of Grim\u2019s students then presented her with the celebration bell, which she gleeful rang to the cheers of the crowd.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>\u201cMy mom is here and she never comes to my school,\u201d Grim said to the audience. And to her students she said, \u201cWe\u2019re family. And I am so lucky to get to work in the best school in all of Rockingham County.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>Grim\u2019s mother, Shirley Grim, said she found out about the award a week ago and that it was \u201creally hard to keep a secret.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really excited for her,\u201d Shirley Grim said. \u201cShe\u2019s not only a great teacher but a wonderful person.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>The assembly ended the way many things come to an end in Grim\u2019s class \u2014 with a group dance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>Students and adults alike flooded the stage as the auditorium was filled with the sounds of \u201cCelebration\u201d by Kool and The Gang.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m overwhelmed. It\u2019s really just such an honor,\u201d she said. \u201cI work with an incredible bunch of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\">\n<p>Next week, the panel that chose the region winners will interview each of the eight teachers to select the 2019 Virginia Teacher of the Year. The decision will be announced on September 14 during a ceremony at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Chris Grim\u2019s first-grade classroom when a student does something kind, or accomplishes something important, they get to ring the celebration bell. 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