Woodmore 4th grade math and science teacher Cherri Sehrick holds her hands high after Amazon General Manager Travis Maynard, far right, called her name to receive a gift box for her class Tuesday morning during an assembly in the cafetorium. Since she started teaching at Woodmore Elementary School four years ago, Tanya Victor estimates she’s spent more than $4,000 of her own money on supplies for her classroom and students.
“It’s just what teachers do,” Victor said. “Sometimes, I’ve waited until after payday to teach a certain lesson because it required me buying supplies.”
Looking ahead to this year, Victor, a single mother of two, said she wasn’t sure how she was going to afford even basic needs such as paper for her classroom.
But Victor no longer has to worry, as she and her fellow teachers at Woodmore were surprised Tuesday with large brown boxes filled with school supplies.
Cheers and clapping filled the school’s cafeteria as teachers and administrators opened the mountain of boxes containing $10,000 in supplies, courtesy of Amazon.