In 2018, I wrote about the myth of the “easy button” in education and celebrated one of the quiet giants who held our community together, our beloved Mrs. Hattich. Some educators simply do the job, and others, like her, give pieces of themselves as gifts, season after season, year after year. And like the Giving Tree, she gave without asking for applause, without expecting anything in return, and without ever wanting the spotlight. She gave because that is who she was.
Beyond Tests, Credentials, and Checkboxes
In the education world, we place extraordinary value on tests. Tests for students, tests for educators, tests for credentials. We have been conditioned to believe that passing the right exam is the ultimate proof of qualification. Yet some of the most gifted educators, the ones who truly change lives, are the ones who do not always show what they know through standardized measures.
Mrs. Hattich was one of those educators.
She carried decades of boots-on-the-ground wisdom, multiple degrees, and the unteachable ability to see each child clearly. She understood that being an educator is a sacred calling, not a certificate. And she lived that calling with her whole heart.
A Community Workaround That Changed Lives
I will forever be grateful to Vichy Elementary’s parent club for finding a path that allowed an expert educator, one who knew how to reach children others could not, to serve our students. That creative solution allowed my son to enter middle school as a confident reader, something that would not have happened without her.
Celebration of Light
Thank you, Mrs. Hattich. You launched countless children into the world with stronger roots and stronger wings. We will miss you deeply.
Beyond Tests, Credentials, and Checkboxes
In the education world, we place extraordinary value on tests. Tests for students, tests for educators, tests for credentials. We have been conditioned to believe that passing the right exam is the ultimate proof of qualification. Yet some of the most gifted educators, the ones who truly change lives, are the ones who do not always show what they know through standardized measures.
Mrs. Hattich was one of those educators.
She carried decades of boots-on-the-ground wisdom, multiple degrees, and the unteachable ability to see each child clearly. She understood that being an educator is a sacred calling, not a certificate. And she lived that calling with her whole heart.
A Community Workaround That Changed Lives
I will forever be grateful to Vichy Elementary’s parent club for finding a path that allowed an expert educator, one who knew how to reach children others could not, to serve our students. That creative solution allowed my son to enter middle school as a confident reader, something that would not have happened without her.
Celebration of Light
Thank you, Mrs. Hattich. You launched countless children into the world with stronger roots and stronger wings. We will miss you deeply.
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