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Martha Dobke, Creekside Elementary School, Sun Prairie

7/28/2010 10:41:46 AM

I was thrilled and honored to be hired to work at Creekside Elementary this year as a first-year Kindergarten teacher. I have been teaching for 7 years, but this year was my best by far! I had great support from parents, coworkers, and my principal. And my students were AMAZING! My biggest success this year was taking one young man from the kid who went under the table at the first sign of trouble, and was upset about coming to school - and getting him to a point where he was reading at a Level 2, didn't need any extra help in Math, and hadn't been under a table since November. I can't take all the credit - he did all the work! But working with this boy, his parents, and my coworkers (including my principal) to turn his life around was my biggest success this year. I was certainly blessed to have a classroom where there were big successes all year long. I am so proud of my students!

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Rachel 8/18/2010
Is this the Martha Dobke, Fine Arts School, early 80's ? Now also a teacher!! :) Those of us on facebook were lookin at some old pictures Eunice Park posted and I thought of looking you up. I worked at the Pick and Save and talked to your mother once about 5 or so yrs ago. Hope live is good :)