Student Testimonies

Having Mrs. Witschy as my 5th grade teacher was awesome. She is definitely my favorite teacher of all time and I wish she was still teaching me. We would have so much fun in class. We would make jokes and play games, but when it was time to get serious and learn the stuff, she always taught it to us in a way we could understand and she would make it so it didn’t seem as difficult. For example, when we were learning fractions, and we had a word problem that was tough, she would explain it to us a different way and actually show us how to do it. That is one reason why I loved Mrs. Witschy as a teacher.

Sometimes, when Mrs. Witschy had some free time after school, she would let any kids stay after for help or if they just wanted to hang out. I remember staying after all of the time with my friend and hanging out with Mrs. Witschy. I don’t think that many other teachers would do that. Also, if she was all done with her work after school, she would invite people for a kickball game after school. She would bring snacks for everyone and we would all enjoy a nice game in the fields at Paterson. It was everything I could have asked for from a teacher.

Lastly, what we learned. Mrs. Witschy taught us everything from spelling, grammar, math, science, health, reading, writing and social studies. Social studies was my favorite. Our big project was on Japan. We got with a teacher-selected partner and did a project on something to do with Japan. My partner and I did a tri-fold poster on festivals and volcanoes. It was the best. Mrs. Witschy let us use all of her books and the computer on our project. When everything was done, we presented it to the 4th grade class and told them what we did. I was nervous but in the end, it turned out great.

So over all, I think that Mrs. Witschy was my favorite teacher. She was the BEST.
-Patrick

Mrs. Witschy is the complete opposite of what her name sounds like. She is a great teacher! In her class, I had lots of fun while I was learning. She is very organized. There is a job chart on the closet door. If your stick was in a certain pocket, that is your job for the week. Every Monday, we have our Monday Morning Meeting. In morning meeting, we have a greeting, (a message) to read about what we will do today, share time, and many games to choose from. After we do one game, that is the end of Monday Morning Meeting.
Mrs. Witschy is always very clear with what she is teaching. I understand it the first time she explains it. She also thinks of fun projects to do. There was this project where we had to write a diary of the main character in the story you are reading and then actually make your character.

Mrs. Witschy has these things called treasure tickets. If you have done something great, or just been really good, you can earn treasure tickets. On any random day, she will open the treasure box, which has some items in it that you can purchase with the treasure tickets you earned. If our class has been very good, we will sometimes play kickball after school. So that is usually what we do in Mrs. Witschy’s class.
-Brooke