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Teacher Appreciation Week: Paula Howell Devotes Her Life to Caring for Kids

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BETHALTO - Paula Howell loves children, plain and simple. Howell is a special education teacher for second and third grades at Parkside Primary School in the Bethalto Community Unit School District #8. She has taught in a variety of classrooms since 1992, and she is the mother to five boys who she and her husband adopted through the foster care program. This Teacher Appreciation Week, she’s reflecting on her decision to devote her life to caring for kids. “I love seeing a child’s face light up when he or she makes accomplishments that they’ve worked diligently on. In my classroom, I have the privilege to work with my students for two years, which allows me to build very special relationships with both students and their families,” she shared. “It’s so rewarding seeing the accomplishments they make in a school year.” Howell didn’t always want to become a teacher. When she went away to college, she wasn’t certain where

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