“Ms. Barthel is new to our building this year, but has immediately created a beautiful classroom atmosphere for her students. Her classroom is a bright, inviting, but also organized and calming space, and she has repeatedly secured community support that benefits students’ educational development as well as their physical and emotional well-being. In a music class with me, her students were asked what it means to make people feel welcome, and several burst out saying that Ms. Barthel makes them feel welcome at school, and that her classroom is a place of welcome. Her students are starting their educational careers knowing that they are important, and that they belong.”
- Shouted out by Anna Calhoun, Music Teacher, Roll Hill School