Golden Apple Award: Battlefield Primary, Staci Wilson
CATOOSA COUNTY, Ga. (WDEF) — Staci Wilson is a second-grade teacher at Battlefield Primary School. She goes above and beyond, teaching her kids to love learning.
She cares, and the kids know it. That’s why she’s this week’s Golden Apple Award winner.
“Well, Mrs. Wilson is a fantastic teacher. When I think about Ms. Wilson, I think about her strengths with student relationships and how she put her kiddos first, always. She does great with parents,” said Battlefield Primary Principal Julie Robbins.
“All parents love Mrs. Wilson. She’s great at communicating. This is her first year actually teaching second grade. She was a first-grade teacher. She’s been a preschool teacher. She’s just been a great asset to Battlefield Primary School, and we’re super lucky to have her,” she continued.
“I’m Staci Wilson, and I teach second grade at Battlefield Primary. I’m married. I have two kids. Married to Luke, my husband. We live out on a farm,” said teacher Staci Wilson. “This is my third-year teaching. I stayed home and raised my kids, and I ran a preschool from my house… raised everybody else’s kids. And then I got my teaching degree about three years ago. I just love connecting with the kids, figuring out what they don’t know and filling in all those gaps. And just being able to build onto that with the things they need to know to go to the next grade. Kids thrive with structure, accountability, boundaries, all of those things.”
Students say Mrs. Wilson is really nice and makes the environment fun.
“I feel like teaching is so much more than just the academic part of it. Just life skills, how to get along with others, working things out, that kind of thing. The nurturing, loving part. Kids need hugs. They do. They have to feel like they’re loved before they can learn. And I love to love kids,” Wilson added.
When asked who inspired her to become a teacher, Wilson said her dad.
“He was a college professor when I was growing up, so definitely my dad,” Wilson explained. “Lots of educators in my family.”
She says she wants kids to remember this about her: “Miss Wilson loved me. She loved me when I was mean. She loved me when I was sweet. She loved me all the time.”
