{"id":311747,"date":"2021-12-20T12:12:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T02:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=311747"},"modified":"2021-12-21T18:14:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T08:14:16","slug":"top-prep-teacher-marks-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/12\/20\/top-prep-teacher-marks-10-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Prep Teacher Marks 10 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_311748\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311748\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-311748\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211221smcc1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211221smcc1.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211221smcc1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211221smcc1-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211221smcc1-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211221smcc1-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211221smcc1-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-311748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St Mary&#8217;s Catholic College prep teacher Sarah McCarthy with some of her class of 2021 &#8230; a decade at the school hasn&#8217;t dimmed her enthusiasm for making learning a daily adventure of excitement and fun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>December 20, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A teacher who was voted the region&#8217;s best educator in 2019 still deserves that honour today, says St Mary&#8217;s Catholic College.<\/p>\n<p>Prep teacher Sarah McCarthy has been engaging and challenging students at SMCC for the past 10 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>She says her motivation comes from the students themselves.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want every student to love learning and be excited every day about the possibilities ahead of them,&#8221; Sarah said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The kids make my day fulfilling because they are so eager to impress and learn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the pressures of delivering a 21st century curriculum, Sarah says she prides herself on providing a dynamic, diverse and engaging learning experience every day in the college\u2019s dedicated Early Learning Years Centre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;There is no one more dedicated and deserving being awarded best teacher,&#8221; principal Carmel O\u2019Brien said. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sarah brings her passion for learning to every child she works with, every day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sarah is driven by her own passion to learn, and provides endless opportunities for every student to succeed every day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s truly a teacher in a million, and we are blessed to have her here at St Mary\u2019s.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_311749\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311749\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-311749\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211221smcc2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211221smcc2.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211221smcc2-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211221smcc2-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211221smcc2-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211221smcc2-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/20211221smcc2-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-311749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah teaches some of the basics of cooking to an engrossed class of youngsters in the College&#8217;s Early Learning Centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.com.au\/nanango\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" title=\"communitynews\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/core\/communitynews3.jpg\" alt=\"Community News\" width=\"740\" height=\"232\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A teacher who was voted the region&#8217;s best educator in 2019 still deserves that honour today, according to St Mary&#8217;s Catholic 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