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Sperry Elementary Teacher Kristy Hutton Receives District Honors
Ms. Kristy Hutton is in her 20th year of teaching elementary students. For six years now, she has taught fourth and fifth grade at Sperry Elementary School in the Jerry Burd Intermediate building. She has taught English Language Arts and/or reading most of her 20 years in education.
Ms. Hutton recalled that upon her first day as a kindergarten student at Sperry many years ago that she came home and announced she would become a teacher when she grew up. Never losing sight of that early goal, she graduated from Tulsa University in 2003 and began teaching elementary students in schools in the Tulsa area. She long had set her sights on returning to Sperry, and in 2017 took a position at Sperry Elementary School teaching fourth grade. She notes that “the most important things I can do in my classroom are to provide a ‘safe and loving’ environment, build relationships, model successful habits, and encourage a curiosity for learning.”
Sperry Elementary Principal Traci Taylor said, “Ms. Hutton’s ability to create positive relationships with students in a way that encourages ownership of their own learning has a tremendous impact on student achievement. She creates lessons that are student centered and directly related to state standards facilitating optimal success for each student she serves.”
“She is an amazing teacher who can teach you anything,” one student said of Ms. Hutton. Another noted that she was a caring teacher and “is just the best.”
“I’m pleased to have Ms. Hutton as a part of the Sperry School team,” Sperry District Superintendent Dr. Brian Beagles said. “Strong elementary instruction is essential, and excellent teachers like Ms. Hutton are necessary in order to offer a strong academic program.”
As the Sperry District Teacher of the Year, Ms. Hutton will complete the application for the Oklahoma State Teacher of the Year. Teachers of the Year from each district are eligible to apply for the honor which will be decided in the fall of next school year.
Pictured below from left to right: Sperry Elementary School Principal Traci Taylor, Sperry Board of Education President Jeff Carter, Sperry Elementary Teacher Kristy Hutton, and Sperry Elementary Assistant Principal Jared Smith.
