Oak View Elementary School – Schools In High Point

January 17, 2022 0 Comments Schools in High Point Extraordinary Educators Extraordinary Educators GCS, Guilford County Schools ..., High Point Schools Partnership, HPSP, Oak View Elementary School,

Extraordinary Educator: Gina Sanchez

Gina Sanchez, Oak View Elementary School, awarded High Point Extraordinary Educator by the High Point School Schools Partnership at High Point Country Club, High Point, N.C., Friday, August 20, 2021. (Lynn Hey photo)

2021 Extraordinary Educators: Gina Sanchez

Great communities have great schools. High Point Schools Partnership creates impactful connections between our schools and the wider community to ensure students and their families are supported and can reach their full potential in High Point schools.

Part of High Point Schools Partnerships’ mission is to improve the image of our schools through storytelling. Who better to tell the stories of High Point’s schools than the people experiencing it first-hand? In this series of eight articles, we will highlight our 2021 High Point Extraordinary Educators as we dive deeper into what keeps them motivated in the face of constant challenges.

Gina Sanchez

Gina Sanchez started working at Oak View Elementary a little more than 9 years ago. She started as an Office Support assistant with 3 girls in the school. After moving to High Point from Puerto Rico, Oak View has been a part of her and her family’s lives.

Deanna Daniel, former principal of Oak View Elementary, describes “the level of expectation and belief in students” that Ms.Sanchez exudes in her classroom. She is “Committed, Hard-Working” and has a “Growth-Minded”.

According to Daniel, during remote learning, Ms. Sanchez “gladly provided instruction for both classrooms”, in person and remote, “without being asked to do so by administration.”

Ms.Sanchez wants her students to know “they are so important to our community and world and that they are so loved and appreciated.”

She goes on to say, “Over the years I have met teachers and staff that genuinely love the students and teaching. The students I have met at Oak View are so precious and loving and I enjoy watching them grow at Oak View.”

Q: What inspired you to become an educator?

A: As a volunteer, substitute, and kindergarten TA I have worked with many extraordinary teachers that inspired me to become a teacher myself. My own three daughters played a big role as well. They have had great and inspiring teachers and that made me think about the importance of how teachers impact children’s lives.

Q: What’s your teaching/leadership style?

A: I believe that I am energetic and passionate in the classroom. I love to feel the energy of my students as I am teaching. I want them to feel as passionate about learning as I am about teaching.

Q: Do you have a classroom motto or philosophy you abide by? Why?

A: My personal philosophy is to be a person in the classroom that students can trust and count on. I want them to know that I love them.

Q: What’s your favorite part about every day?

A: To me, the best part is when I see and hear students coming together and talking to each other whether it’s about their day, things they like, or things that we have learned in the classroom. Some of the things they say are so funny and cute.

Q: What’s your most memorable moment as an educator?

A: The most memorable moments for me are of the students that I have taught that have moved on to other grades but always greet me with so much love and enthusiasm each time they see me. It makes me feel like I really had an impact on their lives.

Ms.Sanchez is just one of High Point’s 2021 Extraordinary Educators. Tune in for the next few weeks to hear more stories and critical moments from our local teachers!

Thank you so much to Gina Sanchez for your dedication to High Point’s students. Congratulations on being selected as your school’s 2021 Extraordinary Educator!

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Article written by High Point Schools Partnership Staff

January 12, 2022 0 Comments Schools in High Point Extraordinary Leaders Extraordinary Leader GCS, Guilford County Schools ..., High Point Schools Partnership, HPSP, Oak View Elementary School,

Extraordinary Leader: Bennie Bradley

The High Point Schools Partnership had the privilege of sitting down and talking with Bennie Bradley, the new principal of Oak View Elementary School. Bradley graduated from the Nurnberg American High School, a Department of Defense school, before attending the University of South Carolina. It was here that he obtained his undergraduate degree in Marketing and Management. Bradley came to the Greensboro area after an advisor at his alma mater encouraged him to move there. Once in the area, he worked at Staples as a traveling sales and operations manager.

Bradley ended up in a stationary position at Staples located in High Point. The managers at this branch were involved with a program called Reading is Fundamental. It was this program that first brought Bradley into schools when he was paired with Fairview Elementary to read with students. From here, he was encouraged to pursue a career in education. He was brought in as a long-term substitute teacher to Fairview before being recruited by Otis L. Hairston Sr. Middle School where he was a business teacher for 8 years. Bradley then went on to teach at Ben L. Smith High School for one year. In this year he was also their Teacher of the Year. It was the principal at Smith that encouraged Bradley to become a principal.

Starting at the Piedmont Triad Leadership Academy, Bradley was an admin intern for a year at Cone Elementary. After a job became available at Southwest Middle School he became an Assistant Principal there for 5 years before becoming the principal at Guilford Preparatory Academy. During this time, Bradley also served as the head coach for the High Point Blaze Track Club (an AAU youth track and field organization) for 11 years. Through this team, students gained scholarships for higher education as well as trained for the Junior Olympics.

Bradley came into his principalship with the mission of asking “what can we do to serve our community?” It was this question that led him to form a partnership with Oak View Baptist Church. Recently Bradley was joined by Oak View Elementary staff and their families to the church to help make Samaritan Packages and collect shampoo bottles for a women prisoners group. Bradley is eager to continue nurturing this mutual partnership.

Oak View Elementary is also proud of its Pre-K program. They have both Exceptional Children (EC) and general education classrooms. Bradley had the opportunity to visit a classroom the other week where the students were making lemonade as a part of their science unit. The teachers in their preschool classrooms come up with creative ways to engage their students in the learning material. These activities include inviting the High Point Fire Department during Fire Safety Month and painting pumpkins during the fall. There is a focus on creative play throughout the year to involve students in a number of productive skills.

The final program that Bradley wanted to highlight was a student club focused on the “Battle of the Books” activity led by Ramon Martinez (Oak View’s Media Specialist). Students in elementary and middle school get to focus on the books that they are required to read for this competition; they must be prepared to answer questions regarding this text. Bradley is so excited for this opportunity to extend students’ learning that he pledged to read all of the books the students read.

Thank you Bennie for sitting down and talking with us. We look forward to continuing to talk with and highlight different High Point principals and all the good going on at their school.

December 5, 2020 0 Comments Schools in High Point Uncategorized Awards Extraordinary Educators, Oak View Elementary School

Oak View Elementary Social Worker Cited for Efforts

HIGH POINT — A social worker at a local elementary school has earned special recognition for supporting children who need it the most.

Patricia Wallace, described as an “active and resolute advocate” for children at Oak View Elementary, recently received the $1,500 Debby Reynolds Award from The Enrichment Fund for the Guilford County Schools.

The Enrichment Fund for the Guilford County Schools is a nonprofit that provides financial support to enhance the educational programs of Guilford County Schools, helps students needing financial assistance, and encourages and rewards outstanding educators.

“No question about Ms. Wallace’s intense involvement advocating for children and the reason she is the award recipient,” said Carrie Little, president of the nonprofit. “What earned her the recognition is she advocates for all our students as if they were a part of her family.”

Annually, the Enrichment Fund presents The Debby Reynolds Award, providing $500 to an educator, counselor, or other staff members who actively advocates for children in need. In addition, the award provides the recipient’s school with $700 to be used as needed by the recipient and principal.

Wallace has a long connection to Oak View Elementary. Currently serving as the school’s social worker, she previously taught at the school and served as a substitute teacher and active parent.

As the school social worker, Wallace manages a clothing closet, oversees a food pantry, ensures students’ physical needs, and coordinates the food backpack program for the school.

She also is the coordinator of Oak View’s Intervention Support Team, leading efforts to provide low-performing students with appropriate interventions to move them toward succeeding in school.

As the attendance team leader, Wallace works with families to reduce any barriers they confront in getting children to school every day.

“Ms. Wallace is a tremendous community resource, a dedicated person the families at Oak View — both present and past — know that they can count on to help them in any way that is needed,” Little said.

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