By Gloria Zink
Ceniad
East Lansing HS<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the first day of school Amiyah Adams (10) <\/strong>walked into room 430 and was delighted to finally see a teacher with a similar complexion. Life Science teacher Klaudia Burton joined the staff this year as the first African-American teacher since 2014.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n To Burton, teaching was more than just instructing. She emphasized that becoming a teacher was less about the content she taught and more about the care and compassion she left her students with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Every day Burton strives to create a comforting family-like environment for her students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy biggest thing is always building relationships with kids,\u201d Burton said. \u201cI want to be, and usually am, that teacher that kids can feel free to come and talk to about any issues and problems they may be having. I feel like trust, as well as consistency, are a few of the most important things kids need.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Publicschoolreview.com, the student body is 40 percent minority students and 60 percent white students. However the staff\u2019s diversity did not reflect that. Burton was one of only three African-American teachers to teach at ELHS in the last 15 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI definitely look forward to her class,\u201d Adams said. \u201cI think it\u2019s a lot easier to talk to her because I can relate to her more easily than my other teachers, so I\u2019m less afraid to ask questions. Her no. 1 \u2013concern is understanding and she is willing to help you with whatever so that you do understand.\u201d Adams also believed that her racial similarities with Burton benefitted her in the classroom because they spoke the same slang and have had similar upbringings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But it\u2019s not only students of color that were impacted by Burton\u2019s teaching. Marley Saros (10) <\/strong>said that she saw the lack of racial diversity amongst the staff and how it affected her peers of color. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou can really tell that she cares about her work,\u201d Saros said. \u201cShe seems really devoted to her students success and it definitely shows in the way she teaches.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n 1st Place Any copy which features a department, a subject or unusual academic direction but not a personality profile of a teacher. An individual story may not be submitted in more than one writing category. <\/strong>Submit a PDF of the page(s) showing the entry. CLEARLY INDICATE WHICH STORY YOU WISH JUDGED in Additional Information field if there are multiple stories on the page.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n By Gloria Zink CeniadEast Lansing HS On the first day of school Amiyah Adams (10) walked into room 430 and was delighted to finally see a teacher with a similar complexion. 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Division 2, Yearbook Verbal<\/p>\n\n\n\nY-04. Academic Writing<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
JUDGING CRITERIA<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n