Listening to Belinda Luxton, one cannot help but see the passion she has for teaching.
Last week Luxton closed that chapter, retiring after 29 years.
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Listening to Belinda Luxton, one cannot help but see the passion she has for teaching.
Last week Luxton closed that chapter, retiring after 29 years.
“I love the children and I love to see them learn,” Luxton said. “I want them to love learning. That’s the step into the real world — learn as much as you can, be excited about even the little things you learn, take that with you and build on it.”
On Thursday students and staff, past and present, attended an open house held in her honor. Luxton spent the last 17 years at Kings School and before that for 12 years in Mendota.
When asked what has been the most memorable moment, Luxton said there’s so many and she could remember them all but it’s mainly about seeing a spark of learning in the students. Luxton also cherishes those moments when she gets handwritten notes from students.
“I had a little girl who struggled to read and is now very good at it. It’s just seeing the belief in themselves, anytime I see that…I want them to believe they can do something. For me, what’s about me is them. I want the best for them,” Luxton said. “All the little notes kids write to me, I collect them. They say the nicest, simplest things to me.”