Granby Living August2019
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TEACHER APPRECIATION<br />
Compiled by Bruce Deckert<br />
Lindsay Zuck<br />
Special Education Resource Teacher<br />
Wells Road School | Moving to <strong>Granby</strong> Memorial Middle School<br />
15 Mill Pond Road<br />
<strong>Granby</strong>, CT 06035<br />
860-413-9880<br />
www.horsesandhounds.com<br />
Find us on Facebook!<br />
Open 7 Days/Week<br />
15 Mill Pond Road<br />
<strong>Granby</strong>, CT 06035<br />
860-413-9880<br />
www.horsesandhounds.com<br />
Find us on Facebook!<br />
Open 7 Days/Week<br />
Order Online for delivery<br />
or More in store Than pickup! Just<br />
Horse Feed!<br />
Nutrena, Legends, Pro-Elite, Purina, Triple<br />
Crown, Dog and Poulin Cat and Food Blue and Seal Supplies Feeds<br />
Dog Pet and Nutrition Cat Food Consultations and Supplies<br />
Chicken<br />
Pet Nutrition<br />
and Duck<br />
Consultations<br />
Feed and Supplies<br />
Goat Feed<br />
Poultry and Gamebird Feed and Supplies<br />
Pig Feed<br />
15 Mill Pond Rd. <strong>Granby</strong> CT Goat Feed, Pig and Cow Feed<br />
Llama Feed<br />
Rabbit and Llama Guinea FeedPig Supplies<br />
860-413-9880 Small Animal Wild Feed Bird and Seeds Supplies<br />
15 Mill Pond Road<br />
www.horsesandhounds.com Wild Bird Seed, Deer Hay/Shavings<br />
Chow<br />
<strong>Granby</strong>, CT 06035<br />
Dog Lawn and and Cat Garden Grooming Supplies Services<br />
Find us on Facebook! 860-413-9880 Open 7 Days/Week Lawn Heat and Pellets Garden and Care Bio and Bricks Supplies<br />
www.horsesandhounds.com<br />
Equestrian Apparel<br />
Find us on Facebook!<br />
Engraving 860-413-9559 and Embroidery<br />
VALLEY Open 7 DOG Days/Week GROOMING Grooming by appointment Leatherman Mon-Sat.<br />
Chicks Arrive in March!<br />
Lawn and Garden Care and Supplies<br />
Equestrian Apparel<br />
Engraving and Embroidery<br />
Leatherman<br />
Chicks Arrive in March!<br />
Dog and Cat Food and Supplies<br />
Pet Nutrition Consultations<br />
Chicken and Duck Feed and Supplies<br />
Goat Feed<br />
Pig Feed<br />
Llama Feed<br />
Rabbit and Guinea Pig Supplies<br />
Wild Bird Seeds<br />
Deer Chow<br />
Dog and Cat Grooming Services<br />
What is the most rewarding aspect of your work<br />
as a teacher?<br />
More Getting Than to Just teach kids how to learn and seeing<br />
Horse them Feed! take ownership. I love when they finally experience<br />
success and feel good about themselves.<br />
More Than Just<br />
Horse Feed!<br />
Began teaching career — 2003<br />
Began teaching in <strong>Granby</strong> — 2005<br />
Career history — Began teaching in West Palm<br />
Beach, Fla., for two years, then moved back to<br />
Connecticut and joined the <strong>Granby</strong> schools,<br />
working at Kelly Lane School until it merged with<br />
Wells Road — have been at Wells for three years<br />
and will start next year at the middle school.<br />
Where were you born and raised?<br />
Born in Hartford, raised in Enfield, moved to<br />
Florida after college for two years, and then<br />
moved back to Connecticut.<br />
What motivated you to pursue<br />
a teaching career?<br />
My mom was a teacher so I spent many summers<br />
helping her get her classroom ready. I knew I<br />
liked the idea of teaching and found that I had a<br />
knack for breaking concepts down for kids who<br />
needed a little more help, so I pursued special<br />
education.<br />
15 Mill Pond Road<br />
<strong>Granby</strong>, CT 06035<br />
860-413-9880<br />
www.horsesandhounds.com<br />
Find us on Facebook!<br />
Open 7 Days/Week<br />
EVERY REAL ESTATE<br />
DEAL IS DIFFERENT . . .<br />
Dog and Cat Food and Supplies<br />
Pet Nutrition Consultations<br />
Chicken and Duck Feed and Supplies<br />
Goat Feed<br />
Pig Feed<br />
Llama Feed<br />
Rabbit and Guinea Pig Supplies<br />
Wild Bird Seeds<br />
Deer Chow<br />
Dog and Cat Grooming Services<br />
Lawn and Garden Care and Supplies<br />
Equestrian Apparel<br />
Engraving and Embroidery<br />
Leatherman<br />
Chicks Arrive in March!<br />
Dog and Cat Food and Supplies<br />
Pet Nutrition Consultations<br />
Chicken and Duck What Feed do and you Supplies enjoy most about working with<br />
Goat Feed<br />
young Pig Feed people?<br />
Llama I love Feed that I get to play around as part of my job.<br />
Rabbit and Guinea Pig Supplies<br />
Wild I could Bird Seeds never work in an office or wear a suit to<br />
Deer work. Chow Sitting on the floor, helping kids understand<br />
Care multiplication and Supplies with manipulatives or sing-<br />
Dog and Cat Grooming Services<br />
Lawn and Garden<br />
Equestrian Apparel<br />
Engraving and Embroidery<br />
Leatherman<br />
Chicks Arrive in March!<br />
ing a song to help them remember how to make<br />
equivalent fractions is way more fun!<br />
What is the biggest impediment to student<br />
success today? How can teachers help students<br />
overcome this obstacle and succeed?<br />
I see students struggle with motivation, a need<br />
for instant gratification, and difficulty persevering<br />
through something hard or long. “But I don’t<br />
want to,” is a common phrase we hear from students,<br />
and the best thing we as teachers can do to<br />
help them is push them through it and get them<br />
to feel the success of accomplishing something<br />
that was hard.<br />
Please share a brief anecdote that gives a<br />
glimpse of your work in education:<br />
There is no one moment, but my teaching partner<br />
Nicole McGrath and I took on a summer project<br />
where we collected mirrors and turned them into<br />
motivational wall art for the year. We’ve turned<br />
our resource room into a hotel for Halloween, we<br />
take celebratory photos with funny filters when a<br />
student meets a goal or accomplishes something<br />
really hard for them and share the photos with<br />
their families. I’m always writing on my table<br />
or desk when my students do math, and I love<br />
to sit right next to my students and coach them<br />
through their work or watch them show someone<br />
else how to do a problem.<br />
Family info — Husband: Rich (married five<br />
years); Children: AJ, 10, and Addelynn, 4; Parents:<br />
Kathy and Don Durner; Sister: Tracey Durner<br />
Age — 37<br />
. . . so I make sure every detail<br />
and box is checked.<br />
More Than Just<br />
Horse Feed!<br />
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