“Ms. Herbert has worked at Roll Hill in a few different capacities, and served her students with profound devotion in every one. As an overload para in a first grade classroom, she worked as a strong teammate to an excellent lead teacher, demonstrating her incredible collaborative skills. When she transitioned to working as a building substitute, she showed how adjust to every different grade level in the building, which would be challenging to any one — but Ms. Herbert isn’t intimidated by a challenge. This school year, she has been serving primarily as a 5th/6th grade teacher, and as such she rotates through the oldest (and often some of the most difficult) students at our school. Despite it all, she keeps her cool and even goes above and beyond for those students. She chose to put in the effort to decorate a room that is not exclusively hers, helped encourage students to put together an act for the talent show, and even helped me audition acts for the show. Ms. Herbert is a beautiful example of the CPS core value of putting students first.”
- Anna Calhoun, Music Teacher, Roll Hill Academy