A Teacher’s Advice: from Katelyn Friou Gaspard of Krotz Springs Elementary

As many of you begin packing up classrooms, moving to a new school, or getting ready for a new year, I wanted to share something that has stuck with me ever since I heard it at a conference a few years ago. The speaker encouraged every teacher to have these five things in their classroom: a lamp, a plant (real or fake), a rug, amild, pleasant scent (spray, plug-in) and a picture of your family or…