MSCS educator named Tennessee Teacher of the Year
One of the biggest things that Melissa Collins said that she has done in her class is make students wear white lab coats during certain activities to make them feel more like scientists. Now that she has done it for several years, she is seeing it pay off. “My former students come back and show me how they’ve earned their white coat,” she said. (Submitted)
Melissa Collins, a 21-year veteran of the district and second-grade teacher at JP Freeman Optional School, has been named Tennessee Teacher of the Year.
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Memphis-Shelby County Schools Teacher of the year Melissa CollinsAarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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