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MISD teacher among 1,000 nationwide taken by surprise
  
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By TANA ROSS
Cheri Mannen said she has always known she wanted to be a teacher but her decision to become a teacher was not made until high school. In her fourth year at Magnolia Independent School District’s Nichols Sawmill Elementary School, Mannen who likes to surprise her first grade students with new and unusual projects was taken by surprise herself on Thursday morning, Oct. 1, when an entourage led by the Houston area Office Max leadership team paid a visit.
At exactly 10 a.m. the team presented Mannen with “A Day Made Better” award. At the same time 1,000 teachers nationwide were presented the same award. Mannen was one of nine teachers from Louisiana to The Valley to be recognized by the Houston area Office Max team.
“It is like Publisher’s Clearing House,” said Erin Vance, NSES Assistant Principal.
Indeed, flowers, a framed certificate, balloons and a huge Office Max box filled with $1,000 in supplies — every teacher’s dream — were given to Mannen along with hugs and kudos from family, admirers, co-workers and NSES administrators.
“Her incredible dedication is an example to everyone,” NSES Principal Linda Kenjura said. “There is not a minute of the day she is not thinking about her classroom and students. She is the best.”
Mannen who was taught by Kenjura in the fifth grade remembers the teachers who influenced her own decision to teach.
“I had a few really great elementary school teachers who helped influence my decision to teach, Mrs. Johnson, who was my first grade teacher; Mrs. Davis, who was my second grade teacher; and Mrs. Kenjura,” she said. “All three of them where such caring and loving teachers.”
Mannen was joined at the surprise presentation by her husband, Michael Mannen, and her mother and father, Linda and Stanley Yearwood. Members of the Office Max Houston Area Leadership included Team Leader Jeana Wilson, Lorie Brown, Kim Lewis and Dustin Pratho.
Woodforest National Bank partnered in the local program and Rhea Lynn Bagley, vice president of the Magnolia branch, presented a basket of supplies to Mannen as well.
At exactly 10 a.m. the team presented Mannen with “A Day Made Better” award. At the same time 1,000 teachers nationwide were presented the same award. Mannen was one of nine teachers from Louisiana to The Valley to be recognized by the Houston area Office Max team.
“It is like Publisher’s Clearing House,” said Erin Vance, NSES Assistant Principal.
Indeed, flowers, a framed certificate, balloons and a huge Office Max box filled with $1,000 in supplies — every teacher’s dream — were given to Mannen along with hugs and kudos from family, admirers, co-workers and NSES administrators.
“Her incredible dedication is an example to everyone,” NSES Principal Linda Kenjura said. “There is not a minute of the day she is not thinking about her classroom and students. She is the best.”
Mannen who was taught by Kenjura in the fifth grade remembers the teachers who influenced her own decision to teach.
“I had a few really great elementary school teachers who helped influence my decision to teach, Mrs. Johnson, who was my first grade teacher; Mrs. Davis, who was my second grade teacher; and Mrs. Kenjura,” she said. “All three of them where such caring and loving teachers.”
Mannen was joined at the surprise presentation by her husband, Michael Mannen, and her mother and father, Linda and Stanley Yearwood. Members of the Office Max Houston Area Leadership included Team Leader Jeana Wilson, Lorie Brown, Kim Lewis and Dustin Pratho.
Woodforest National Bank partnered in the local program and Rhea Lynn Bagley, vice president of the Magnolia branch, presented a basket of supplies to Mannen as well.
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