Drum Roll Please...

Announcing our 2020 #TeachersMatter

Awardee!!

Liza Pringle

at Wonders Early Learning and Extended Day

Liza is our fourth honoree.  She joins a group of dedicated early learning professions who have been chosen for their kindness, creativity, patience, respect and a willingness to focus on the best in each child they teach.  Liza was chosen from nominations from parents who submitted specific details about why they think their child's teacher deserves the award.  To make it as fair and unbiased as possible, the judges for the contest are given all entries, modified to remove any identifying information about the teacher, the provider (if different from the teacher,) and the child/family.

Thank you to the parent who nominated Liza, for providing a detailed description of how Liza helped her child through a difficult transition back to in-person care, after being home for so long.  

 We're not printing the entire submission but here are a few closing lines:
 "As parents, we couldn't be more grateful to Ms. Liza for her efforts. During such an anxious time, we felt particularly lucky to have a teacher who was so attuned to our son's particular needs. Her creativity, patience and empathy were, and still are, clear each and every morning! "


As in prior years, this decision is never easy.  There are so many amazing early learning teachers who deserve to be recognized and we wish we could reward each and every one.  

TO ALL EARLY LEARNING PROFESSIONALS: 
​ THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR YOUNG CHILDREN.   THE WORK YOU DO IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND WE APPLAUD YOU FOR DOING IT WITH GRACE, LOVE, CARING AND, IN THIS COVID-WORLD, BRAVERY!

Past Awardees

​2019 Award Winner: Belinda Wilson at Young Israel Shomrai Emunah Nursery School

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​2018 Award Winner: Gale Quispe at Happy Tots in Hyattsville, MD
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​2017 Award Winner:  Azin Tajdar at Kids and Tots in Potomac, MD

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