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Kim is truly an inspiration to everyone
whether it's students, the staff or the entire community.
What I love teaching with Kim Dailey best is that she comes in to work every day
with a smile on her face, ready to go.
She does what's best for kids even if it's not the easiest way.
One of the first things that stands out is she treats everyone, no matter how abled or
disabled, or whatever they are, equally and fairly.
You see Kim around, involved at all times whether it's donating and creating blankets
for one of our class to give to hospitals or sponsoring the Key Club program or being
a coach for the Special Olympics.
I just like that difference that I can make
in getting to know the kids really on a more individual basis. And working with them and
just trying to help them solve whatever it might be that's an obstacle to their learning.
And equipping them then to kind of be, by the time they graduate to finish that diploma,
but then be equipped to be independent, to know more about themselves
and understands themselves better.
Certainly embodies that somebody who cares about them personally
not just how they do academically in their school setting
I know Mrs. Dailey through Key Club and Lunch Club. I guess I met her when she helped me
start a program where students with and without special needs eat lunch together. And she's
just been absolutely amazing with it. She's worked with all the teachers and students
and just really gone above and beyond. It's amazing how many smiles there always are when
we eat lunch together. She sometimes even brings us cookies if it's toward the end of the semester.
I like to think outside the box when I'm programming.
We tend to be kind of linear in our thinking—particularly at the high school when you have graduation,
and you have to get through the core academics, and then you have the electives and you just
follow this course on this path and you have to do it in four years is kind of the mindset.
She works with every single kid who needs
help. She is more than willing to stay after school with them.
If I have student that doesn't fit well for, and who isn't producing I'm likely to say
let's find some of those electives that they might be interested in to try to connect them
to the programming so that they stick around to get that diploma.
She's even taking all of Lunch Club to the school play on Wednesday, so that's something
that normally we wouldn't get to do together. It'll be so much fun.
I wanted to be a farmer because I grew up in the country—I'm a country girl at heart—I
love being outdoors. And then a friend of mine told me that if I were to be a farmer
I would have to get up at 5:30 in the morning to milk the cows. And that was a deal breaker.
I didn't see myself getting up at 5:30. Never mind that I get up at 5:15 now and I'm very happy to do it.
My parents were teachers. They loved their
jobs they just set such a good example for me. You could tell they just loved their career.
It was a passion with them. And so, when you have parents that fulfilled that way and set that example.
She's the first person to raise her hand and
volunteer in any sort of way. And she's worked with Key Club a lot to do
service things all around the school. We did a huge disability awareness program two weeks
ago that would not have happened without Mrs. Dailey. And it was just absolutely amazing. The whole school was involved.
Her amazing compassion that she has for all
children. She's one of the kindest, most loving human beings you will ever meet.
Everyone in my department is jealous that I get to work with her.
When I heard Kim was getting this award, I was so personally excited because I couldn't
hand-pick a better candidate for this. She's just been amazing.
She's about as caring a person as I've ever met in my entire life.