WEBVTT 00:05.840 --> 00:09.530 it's not just a victory for me 00:09.530 --> 00:11.760 personally . Like it's a victory for my 00:11.760 --> 00:15.230 students and the school and the 00:15.240 --> 00:17.296 district . And Edwards , I wanted to 00:17.296 --> 00:19.390 show what this school does and how 00:19.390 --> 00:21.730 great the school is and and show how 00:21.730 --> 00:23.619 great our district is and Edwards 00:23.619 --> 00:26.570 community as well . And so when they 00:26.580 --> 00:29.790 read my name , I was really shocked and 00:29.790 --> 00:32.123 I felt so honored and , and like I said , 00:32.123 --> 00:34.068 I just feel a lot of pride to be a 00:34.068 --> 00:36.070 desert teacher and to represent my 00:36.070 --> 00:38.360 students and I wouldn't be able to do 00:38.370 --> 00:40.592 what I can do without my students . And 00:40.592 --> 00:42.890 then believing in me when I first came 00:42.890 --> 00:44.834 to desert , there was a lot of new 00:44.834 --> 00:46.890 teachers and there's a new principal 00:46.890 --> 00:49.440 and um , the school culture , um , 00:49.450 --> 00:51.620 needed improvement . And after a few 00:51.620 --> 00:53.750 years teaching here , um , the sp 00:53.750 --> 00:56.300 advisors at the time stepped away . So 00:56.300 --> 00:58.411 I stepped into that role . So we as a 00:58.411 --> 01:00.960 staff talked about creating a a class 01:00.960 --> 01:03.410 where students can basically learn to 01:03.410 --> 01:05.466 be leaders . You know , they did the 01:05.466 --> 01:07.688 month of the military child , the whole 01:07.688 --> 01:10.230 thing with what school liaison they did , 01:10.230 --> 01:13.080 the women's history month and the women 01:13.080 --> 01:15.136 are based leadership . For example , 01:15.136 --> 01:17.247 this past year they created a Youtube 01:17.247 --> 01:19.358 channel this year . All of the dances 01:19.358 --> 01:21.890 they plan , they do all the phone calls , 01:21.900 --> 01:24.820 the deposits , everything . You know , 01:24.830 --> 01:26.886 it started off with just pep rallies 01:26.886 --> 01:29.300 and little things , food days . And 01:29.300 --> 01:31.430 it's , it's become something to where 01:31.430 --> 01:33.319 they're , I mean , they're really 01:33.319 --> 01:35.319 reaching out into the community and 01:35.319 --> 01:37.430 doing things and there's been so much 01:37.430 --> 01:39.374 growth just individually , so many 01:39.374 --> 01:41.430 great leaders that are coming out of 01:41.430 --> 01:43.541 desert now because of the class . And 01:43.541 --> 01:45.763 uh , it's not just all me , it's , it's 01:45.763 --> 01:47.819 because the students are buying into 01:47.819 --> 01:49.986 what we're trying to do here . If they 01:49.986 --> 01:52.041 watch this video , it's , I have fun 01:52.041 --> 01:54.370 every single day . I'm , I get here 01:54.370 --> 01:56.810 really early . I'm always happy to be 01:56.810 --> 01:59.480 here and I'm always happy to see them 01:59.480 --> 02:02.150 and I love what I do and I think that's 02:02.150 --> 02:04.700 the key is they say , they always say 02:04.700 --> 02:06.811 that right ? You got to love what you 02:06.811 --> 02:09.033 do . I absolutely love what I do . It's 02:09.033 --> 02:11.311 not work . It's really not work . It's , 02:11.311 --> 02:13.478 it's who I am . It's what I do . And I 02:13.478 --> 02:15.700 never feel like , oh , I got , I got to 02:15.700 --> 02:17.867 go into work or uh , when , you know , 02:17.867 --> 02:19.978 when , when school over , I , I never 02:19.978 --> 02:21.978 think about that . I am , I have so 02:21.978 --> 02:24.033 much fun with the students and thank 02:24.033 --> 02:28.010 you guys for , for working so hard 02:28.010 --> 02:30.900 and for believing in me and in trusting 02:30.900 --> 02:33.940 me and you guys never let me down . So 02:33.940 --> 02:34.350 thank you .