Teacher Salute 1-3-25

Melissa Forman salutes another Chicagoland teacher on the radio!

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Love winging up with you every single morning. It is
ninety three point nine Light FM, Melissa Foreman, producer, Jim
and you and I'm so glad that you are hanging
out with us.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
Happy twenty twenty five.

Speaker 1 (00:11):
Something we do that's awesome that we're going to continue
to do is salute Chicagoland area teachers. We do it
every Friday at this time. We call them They're unsuspecting.
Get us a teacher nominated at ninety three nine lightfm
dot com slash contest.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
We do this with our friends at Visit Florida.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
They get two hundred and fifty bucks and they qualify
for this trip to the Low's.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
Miami Beach Hotel.

Speaker 1 (00:29):
Right now, I am calling Amy Hutson from Granger Middle School.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
Hello, Hi, is Amy there? This is her Amy.

Speaker 1 (00:37):
It's Melissa Forman from ninety three point nine light FM.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
Oh hi, Hi, is this an okay time to talk?
Do you have a come?

Speaker 3 (00:44):
Sure? Oh?

Speaker 2 (00:45):
Good?

Speaker 1 (00:45):
Yay?

Speaker 2 (00:46):
So how are you, miss Amy the teacher?

Speaker 4 (00:48):
I'm good, just enjoying the last few days of break
before we go back.

Speaker 1 (00:52):
I know, I know, so you teach seventh grade science,
right I do?

Speaker 5 (00:57):
Uh?

Speaker 2 (00:58):
Huh? Are you shocked? That I'm calling. I could tell.

Speaker 3 (01:00):
You I never answered the phone, so this was Oh,
this is a gamble, okay, because teachers are the hardest.

Speaker 1 (01:08):
Every time I call them, they're like, okay, you know
they asked me a million questions to prove that it's me.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
So I'm glad you didn't do that to me today.
So okay.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
So you're enjoying your last few minutes. It's seventh grade science, right,
and you're at Green Geer Middle School. I am and
you love teaching, han, your kids are awesome. Apparently your
coworkers are awesome, and you're awesome.

Speaker 4 (01:29):
It really is just a wonderful school. We get some
of the best kids. I work with, some of the
best people. Like, it's just as a teacher, it's like
where you want to be.

Speaker 2 (01:37):
So okay.

Speaker 1 (01:38):
So we do this thing called a Teacher Salute every
single week where we on our amazing teachers. And when
we do this, the teachers will get something special, but
they also qualify for this trip. Now do you think
you are a teacher who could use a refreshing trip
somewhere like Florida?

Speaker 4 (01:55):
Oh, that would be so wonderful.

Speaker 2 (01:58):
It would be cool to qualify for that. Right.

Speaker 1 (02:00):
We oh, this year one of the Low's Miami Beach Hotel.
Is that something you'd be interested in?

Speaker 4 (02:04):
Oh? Yes, it's a very cold and dreary up in
Chicago where we would love some sunshine.

Speaker 2 (02:09):
Yeah. Well, I just wanted to let you know, hard working.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
Amy Hutson, that you're amazing and that you are this
week's teacher.

Speaker 5 (02:17):
So loo, Oh my gosh, that's wonderful, What a lovely
thing to happen.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
I'm so glad. So you're gonna get two hundred and
fifty dollars.

Speaker 5 (02:30):
Yeah, oh my gosh.

Speaker 1 (02:32):
Then you qualify for that trip. You're the very first
one in January. But the Low's Miami Beach Hotel will
get four qualifiers this month and then we'll find out
who goes at the end of the month.