Congratulations to Erin Flanagan, 2nd grade teacher at Mary Munford Elementary School, who won the Richmond VA’s Top Teacher contest sponsored by Richmondmom.com.

In the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that Ms. Flanagan was my daughter’s teacher this year and I nominated her. Still, the honor is well deserved! Ms. Flanagan is incredibly dedicated to her students, and I felt  especially lucky to have a bright female scientist role model to inspire my daughter, who also wants to be a scientist. Each of us had an extremely limited space in which to nominate our teachers, here is my short nomination:

Ms. Flanagan, my daughter’s 2nd grade teacher, is really wonderful. In my daughter, she has inspired a love of science & thinking outside the box. She truly appreciates the uniqueness of each individual in her class. Ms. Flanagan is a scientist herself, & leads by example, always encouraging the kids to ask hard questions, & find out the answers.

If you are lucky enough to have a child at Mary Munford, then you know that there are many teachers at Munford  that give the gift of inspiration and learning to our children each day.  In fact, Richmond Public Schools has many gifted teachers, and Erin Flanagan is just one Richmond Public Schools teacher, who represents the love, dedication and hard work it takes to guide our children not only in their learning but also in  developing their character and the individuals they will become.