Teacher of the Week: Laura Spooner

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Our Teacher of the Week didn’t have to find a four-leaf clover or kiss the Blarney Stone for luck. Hard work, passion, and dedication were enough to get her a pot of gold.

Laura Spooner grew up surrounded by great educators. Her parents along with her grandmother worked in the classroom and had high expectations for her.

“I had to work. I had to re-work. I had to write, and I had to re-do,” said Spooner.

Now, as a sixth grade English teacher at Roland Grise Middle School, she celebrates the opportunity to influence her student’s lives.

“They are going to make an impact on the world. There is no other profession in the world that I get to make the impact I do,” she said.

To prepare her students to make an impression, she focuses on the importance of public speaking.

“If you can’t take what you write and if you can’t communicate what you write, there is a whole aspect of the community you are going to miss,” said Spooner.

She and her students along with the rest of the school are making a difference in New Hanover County. Roland Grise and Myrtle Grove Middle Schools are asking for the community’s help in collecting food donations. The schools are honoring Alex Newsome who went to Roland Grise with this food drive. Newsome was hit in the head with a baseball during practice last year and died.