WALKER PRE-KINDERGARTEN CENTER SELECTS JACQUELYN BRIGGS AS TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Jacquelyn Briggs was recently selected as the Teacher of the Year at Walker Pre-Kindergarten Center. Jackie grew up in Mr. Holly, AR, and is a 1985 graduate of Mt. Holly High School. She is a 1989 graduate of Southern Arkansas University where she received a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education with a certification in Early Childhood (P-4/K-6).
Mrs. Briggs is completing her thirty-fourth year of teaching. She began a committed teaching career in the fall of 1989 for the Magnolia School District at West Side Kindergarten Center. She taught kindergarten children for twenty-five years before deciding to retire. After one year of retirement, she decided to return to the classroom realizing that children and teaching are her ministry, calling, and the core of her being. Jackie came back to Magnolia Schools as a certified third grade literacy intervention teacher substitute. She transitioned to Pre-K the following year, and then to second grade at East Side Elementary for two years. During the 2018-19 school year, Jackie felt that ministry led her to Columbia Christian School. During that time, she started the “Jackie Briggs’ Tutoring Center.” This personal endeavor housed an afterschool reading tutoring program. Jackie states that she, “has a passion to teach children who are reading below grade level.” In August of 2019, Mrs. Briggs returned to the Walker Pre-Kindergarten Center where she is finishing her fourth year.
Jackie says that she, “has been blessed to be a part of amazing school families over the years.” She also expresses that she, “absolutely loves her family and has been blessed to have an amazing family who supports her love, and commitment for teaching throughout the thirty-four years.”