Out of the Box Thinking

Shout out to JCSD middle school math teacher, Meridith Sandlin, for her out of the box thinking. Knowing the interests of her students, she created curriculum based on the results of the Detroit Lions vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers playoff football game. Mrs. Sandlin used the statistics from the game to appeal to her students. The students completed math problems and equations based on the game’s stats.

Sixth grade parent, Brenda Schmidtke states, “Mrs. Sandlin deserves to be recognized for her out of the box thinking. My son is in her 6th grace accelerated math class and has been thoroughly enjoying her class and the content available to him. My son’s favorite NFL team is the Lions and he is used to not seeing their apparel in stores and not being featured on prime time TV. We were blown away with the out of the box activity along with providing activities that would stimulate our son’t interest and possibly help him understand a whole new aspect of the game. It was definitely a special treat for him to have someone acknowledge what’s important to him in this moment as a 6th grader.”

As the growing shortages of teachers sweep across the nation, many teachers had to accept additional daily teaching responsibilities. Many of the teachers and support staffs took on both remote and classroom preparation/combination teaching during the recent years of the pandemic. This is a most important time for schools across the world to reach out and find ways to honor and ‘recognize’ their teachers. 

Thank you Mrs. Sandlin! Your efforts are greatly appreciated and making a difference in the lives of your students.