Teacher of the Week: Anna Thome

WRAL's Teacher of the Week for Feb. 11, 2026, is Anna Thome from Aversboro Elementary School in Wake County.
Posted 2/11/2026, 3:09:46 PM Updated 2/11/2026, 4:00:05 PM

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>> HER SUCCESS MAKES ALL OF

US

VERY HAPPY. OUR TEACHER OF THE

WEEK ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A

TEACHER FROM AS FAR BACK AS SHE

CAN REMEMBER. NOW SHE'S LIVING

OUT HER CHILDHOOD. SHE AND HER

VERY OWN CLASSROOM. AND IT WAS

FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN

GUNNER.

>> BEAUTIFUL. ALL RIGHT.

I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A WORD.

THE WORD TO DESCRIBE AND THE

THRONE WHEN IT COMES TO

TEACHING IS ENTHUSIASTIC.

DO WE NEED KICKING KING BY

HIMSELF? NO NOW, BUT GOOD JOB

LISTENING, FIERCE AND HIS FILM

IS ALWAYS EAGER TO FIND WAYS

TO MAKE SURE HER KINDERGARTEN

STUDENTS AT A PITTSBURGH

ELEMENTARY ARE LEARNING AND

THRIVE. I GREW UP IN A

NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAD A LOT OF

YOUNGER CHILDREN. I WAS ALWAYS

THE OLD US AND YOU KNOW, I

WOULD GRAB ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS

AND WE WOULD PLAY SCHOOL AND I

BABYSAT ALL OF THEM FOR FREE.

AND IT WAS JUST KIND OF ALWAYS

SOMETHING I WANTED TO DO THAT.

LET'S LOOK AT CASH IN. SAM WAS

FOUND HAS CASHED IN. HAVE THE

STORM REMEMBERS BACK IN HIGH

SCHOOL AS AN INCH ARE GETTING A

CHANCE TO DO WHAT SHE'S DOING

NOW. PROFESSIONALLY, IF YOU

BELIEVE THEN AND NOW THAT I'M

BEING THE BEST PART OF HER DAY

THAT I GET HERE AND I SEE ALL

MY KIDS AND ALL OF THEIR LOVELY

SMILES AND ALL THE EXCITEMENT.

AND THEY ARE JUST SO EXCITED TO

LEARN THAT IT'S I MEAN, I HAVE

LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF WORKING

HERE AND BEING A TEACHER, RIGHT

HANDS ON YOUR HEAD AND SAY YOUR

SHOULDERS. BUT THE HOME SAYS

ONE OF HER GREATEST JOYS IS

SEEING A YOUNG STUDENTS EVOLVED

OVER THE COURSE OF THE SCHOOL

YEAR. THEY GET TALLER. THEY GET

SMARTER AND YOU GET TO WATCH

ALL OF THAT HAPPENING IN REAL

TIME IS A VERY PROUD MOMENT TO

WATCH THEM. NOT EVEN JUST FOR

ME, LIKE I'M PROUD OF MYSELF

FOR GETTING THEM THERE. BUT

>> I'M SO PROUD OF THEM FOR

BEING ABLE TO GET THEMSELVES

THERE.

>> YOU AREN'T WRAL'S TEACHER

OF THE WEEK.

AND GRANT OF APPLAUSE, BOYS

>> I LOVE THAT. YOU'D LIKE TO

NOMINATE A TEACHER. GO TO WRAL