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Escambia School Board Honors Sara Calhoun, Florida’s Top Elementary Reading Teacher
January 21, 2015
The Escambia County School Board honored a Molino Park Elementary School teacher Tuesday night for being named the top elementary school reading teacher in the entire state.
Sara Calhoun was named the Florida Reading Association’s Elementary School Teacher of the Year for 2014-2015. She was honored with an award presentation last October at the Third General Session of the Florida Reading Conference in Orlando.
“Teaching and leading a child to read is the most incredible privilege, second only to leading another soul into a saving relationship with Jesus Christ. This is clearly the most exciting and humbling highlight of my career,” Calhoun said, as she praised the work of other Molino Park and district educators.
“We are all so proud of Mrs. Calhoun and know that this award is well deserved,” Molino Park Principal Alice Woodward said in a September 2014 NorthEscambia.com story. “We are so blessed to have her as part of our Molino Park team.”
Calhoun has taught first grade at Molino Park Elementary for three yeras. She has been married to her husband, Brian, for the past 18 years, and they have two children. The family moved to Molino seven years ago when Brian was called to be the pastor and Highland Baptist Church.
The Florida Reading Association is an affiliate of the International Reading Association (IRA), a 52,000 member nonprofit educational organization devoted to the promotion of lifetime reading habits and the improvement of language and literacy instruction.
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11 Responses to “Escambia School Board Honors Sara Calhoun, Florida’s Top Elementary Reading Teacher”
>>>Congratulations to Mrs. Calhoun!!!! Molino Park is a great school, with great teachers. Didn’t the principle win a award earlier this year?
Principal Alice Woodward was named the county’s principal of the year back in August:
http://www.northescambia.com/2014/08/school-board-honors-molino-parks-woodward-as-principal-of-the-year
Congratulations to Mrs. Calhoun!!!! Molino Park is a great school, with great teachers. Didn’t the principle win a award earlier this year?
Congratulations Sara! I know what a blessing you are to your students!
Mrs. sara Calhoun is so wonderful with children…I am so happy to see her recognized in this way!
Both Sara and her husband Brian are a blessing to all who know them. I have visited their church (Highland Baptist Church) in Molino, and I can honestly say that they have made a HUGE impact in the Molino Community. Just walk in that church and see how many young teenagers are there…and are there for the right reasons. Remember people-thats our future! The youth ministry there is absolutely incredible. I’ve never heard anyone speak anything other than praise for both Brian and Sara. I feel blessed to know them and I’m happy to know that Molino is where they chose to make their home.
Congratulations Sara! And I love that look on Brian’s face too, it shows the love and respect that he has for his amazing wife!
Congratulations –well deserved!!
Congratulations Sara! A well deserved award!
Her children arise and call her blessed: her husband also, and he praises her. Proverbs 31:28
Sara’s life at home and school fits this scripture beautifully. Looking at her sweet husbands face as he looks towards her continues the blessings. We love you. Congratulations, sweet Sara.
Great job Sara. So proud of you!
I’m so very proud of you Sara Calhoun! You are loved!!
Congratulations Sara!!!!