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Wednesday, July 7, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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connected to the students,
sharing in the milestones of
their lives, marriages, the
births of their children, see-
ing them become amazing
adults,= she said. <I loved
working with students who
had made poor choices and
we would work together to
come up with alternatives. It
meant a lot when I have had
past students tell me 8You
were tough but you were
always fair.9
<Having students tell me
I had an impact means the
world to me,= she said.
Tim Roth, who worked
alongside Hammer at Sisters
Middle School and is about
to start his first year as princi-
pal, said, <Michele also finds
a way to create great experi-
ences for kids and is a highly
skilled and effective teacher.=
Roth also appreciated
H a m m e r 9s s t r a i g h t f o r -
ward manner on things that
mattered. <She will tell you
the truth with no sugarcoat-
ing it, which I appreciated
since she has such a wealth
of experience and is a voice I
needed to listen to hear.=
Completing a long career
that included over 30 years
working with youth, Hammer
is glad she wound up her pro-
fessional life in Sisters.
<I can honestly say it9s
been such a privilege to work
in the district,= she said. <The
staff I have had the honor to
work with these years has
been extraordinary. I have
learned so much from them
and the collaborative envi-
ronment I got to be a part of.
Sisters is an amazing place
where the community sup-
ports its schools. If we needed
something the community
made it happen. Working
with great administrators like
Marshall Jackson, who taught
me so much about leadership
of a team, was just an honor.=
As to what her future
plans include, Hammer said,
<That9s a tough one. I know
for certain that I will continue
with my part-time job at Fika
Sisters Coffeehouse because
I am sure that when
summer ends and kids
are heading back to
school it will hit me that I
am actually retired.
— Michele Hammer
I love the environment there,
and I love working with the
public and connecting with
the community there.
<I plan to spend a lot more
time with my family and
grandkids and am hoping to
become more involved in dog
rescue, which has been a pas-
sion of mine. I would love to
become more involved in the
community as well.=
With her trailer loaded up
and ready, Hammer has plans
for some travel in Oregon this
summer, and she is looking
forward to what it will be like
to be free in the fall.
<I am sure that when sum-
mer ends and kids are head-
ing back to school it will hit
me that I am actually retired,=
she said.
Commentary...
Saying goodbye to an amazing teacher
By Kale Gardner
Guest Columnist
I attended Sisters Middle
School (SMS) last year and
my U.S. History teacher was
Michelle Hammer.
Hammer was an amazing
teacher from the first day she
taught me, along with hun-
dreds and hundreds of other
students she has taught. She
brought joy into the class-
room every day. She brought
kids together each and every
day she stepped foot in the
classroom and was deter-
mined to make the school
and local community a better
place.
She had an amazing
impact on my fellow students
at the Sisters Middle School,
always caring. Teaching us
about what has happened
in our nation and how our
county was founded, she was
truly a remarkable educator.
Take it from my fellow class-
mate Jack Turpen, who said,
<Michelle Hammer had a
great impact on a lot of kids
at middle school. She cared
for everyone, that9s the per-
son she was. She was never
[anything] but great to every
student. That9s what made
her so special.=
My classmate Hudson
Beckwith also said, <She
was an amazing teacher,
always helping us out on
homework assignments and
projects. The projects we did
in class were hard at times,
but were a lot better with a
teacher like Michelle always
helping us, and being there
for us.=
Hammer9s impact was
the reason everyone enjoyed
being taught by her. She
would always give students
a chuckle when she would
make funny jokes like, <Hey
students, what did they do at
the Boston Tea Party? I don9t
know, I wasn9t invited!=
Students adored her so
much. She always put a
smile on all of our faces. I
remember the first day of
school, I walked into her
classroom and I talked to her
and she really showed that
she cared about what I was
saying. She always put her
students9 needs above hers.
That9s the unbreakable spirit
that Michelle Hammer car-
ried with herself each and
every day as an educator and
great person.
We (Sisters) as a com-
munity were so blessed to
have a teacher like Michelle
Hammer, who was always
there for her students. She
truly was a once-in-a-gen-
eration leader. Michelle
Hammer means hope 4
that no matter what we go
through, how big or how
small, anything is possible.
With COVID-19 this past
year, it was really hard, but
she stuck with it and helped
students every day. She gave
us inspiration and that9s what
made her so special.
Kale Gardner is an
incoming freshman at Sisters
High School.
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