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Remembering Pam Geisselhardt: She instilled a love of learning

Her name was is practically synonymous with 'Gifted and Talented.' She taught that it was OK to be different and love to learn. The first day of school will certainly be different this year without Ms. Geisselhardt
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By Kayla Garrison

I grew up in the gifted and talented program in Adair County my whole life and always immediately associated Mrs. Pam Geisselhardt with the program.

She gave me a true passion for learning that I am so thankful to have.



She always liked to tell her students that it was ok to be different and that different was good and it meant you were excelling. That always stuck with me that liking school and enjoying my learning experiences was not a bad thing but rather a good one.

Her classroom was unlike any other. It contained a blue ceiling with glow in the dark stars, plants on the book shelves, and Issac the pet newt sitting in the corner in his area, giving us the effect of an outdoor classroom.

There were always fun games and adventures and it was always exciting when we knew it was gifted and talented day. Not only did this stand true when I was little, but even through my early high school years.

She took us to so many unqiue places and gave us opportunities we could only dream of. With her, we visited the Old Spaghetti Factory, the Childrens Science Museum, an she even gave us the opportunity to watch a live open heart surgery!

On gifted and talented days when we walked over to her classroom in the trailer behind John Adair, she was always so generous and even allowing us to order our lunch from the Moore's Pool Room.

Every day with her was always new and fun. There are so many other experiences that she gave me in middle/high school but these are the few that stuck out to me. I will never be able to thank her enough for the memories she gave me in school.

As I approach the first day of my senior year of high school I realize that without her it will certainly be a different place.

Thank you, Ms. Geisselhardt, for the love and dedication you always showed me as a student and as a result I truly love the learn.

- Kayla Garrison


This story was posted on 2015-08-03 08:03:23
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