WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.001 --> 00:00:08.080 [Music] 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:11.973 My name is Stephanie Wright and I teach  Life Skills at Eanes Elementary. 00:00:12.360 --> 00:00:18.240 Miss Wright is an amazing educator. She serves  students who have communication challenges   00:00:19.263 --> 00:00:23.663 and communication challenges mean they can  get frustrated because they're not used to being understood. 00:00:23.663 --> 00:00:26.880 If we're having a rough day  some of our students are having a rough day   00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:33.200 you wouldn't know it if you looked at Miss Wright.  You wouldn't know at all that it's been a   00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:36.800 terrible day because she would still be smiling.  I think Mrs Ryan said something like she's always   00:00:36.800 --> 00:00:43.201 got her positive pants on and she does, absolutely!  Again, always has that smile on no matter what is happening. 00:00:43.201 --> 00:00:48.361 She has a very soothing energy about  her for not only students but also staff. 00:00:48.361 --> 00:00:56.160 When the rest of us are kind of freaking out about  anything, she's always the one to be like no   00:00:56.160 --> 00:00:58.036 it's it's okay we got this. 00:00:58.036 --> 00:01:06.311 At a very base level Miss Wright is amazing at helping students from a variety of abilities to get to a place where they're ready to learn. 00:01:18.157 --> 00:01:19.280 With my students who are   00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:23.680 learning so much about communication when I see  them able to communicate with me in a new way or   00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:27.771 we're able to laugh at a joke together those  are the moments that just really sparkle for me. 00:01:28.504 --> 00:01:33.668 She treats her kids like they're her own kids.  She wants to talk to them about everything going on. 00:01:33.668 --> 00:01:40.880 She wants to get them to, you know, behave and be  kind and learn and be safe it takes a village and   00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:45.295 I feel very lucky to have come  into Miss Wright's village! 00:01:45.295 --> 00:01:54.960 [Music]