‘This is like Christmas’ – New teachers get needed school supplies

By: Dave Thompson|August 16, 2023

|4 min read

Miciyah Carter, who will be a kindergarten teacher at Truman Elementary School in Davenport, looks over school supplies on Tuesday, Aug. 15, during the Teacher Re-Store event. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

New teachers were carefully looking over rooms filled with donated classroom supplies on Tuesday, Aug. 15, when Sarah McGlynn heard a comment that made her day during the busy event.

“I just heard somebody say ‘This is like Christmas,’” said Ms. McGlynn, a teacher and member of the Davenport Education Association.

That Christmas-in-August comment was made during…

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‘This is like Christmas’ – New teachers get needed school supplies

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