Monday 21st July 2025

April Pack the Backpack Winner: Mrs. Hand

Pack the Backpack, presented by Central Office Supply, a division of Minuteman and Kix 101.1! Each month during the school year, we will be awarding $101 to a Kix Country classroom to help out with supplies. We will award the prize on the last Wednesday of the month. You can listen to each new winner at 8:30a on the Morning Kix Start.

Our April winner is GMG Elementary 2nd Grade Teacher, Mrs. Hand. She was nominated by a parent, Jessica Slifer, who wrote to Kix 101.1:

I’d love to nominate Mrs. Hand, a 2nd grade teacher at GMG elementary school in Green Mountain.

Mrs. Hand deserves to win because she takes teaching to a whole new level! 2nd graders are at a delicate learning age where reading is really taking off for them & they are starting to learn new subjects like science & history. Mrs. Hand really takes the time to work with each individual student with their own individual learning abilities to make sure they all get what they need to succeed. Her teachings are prime examples of the saying “no child left behind.”

At the beginning of the school year, she let the parents know that she will try to have the kids do all their work while in school so they have more family time in the evenings. She understands that with parents’ busy work schedules & kids activities/sports that doesn’t leave much time for the kids to unwind each evening & have family time. By doing the work in class it opens up a little bit of time for the families in the evenings.

Mrs. Hand is an experienced teacher who found her calling in life as a teacher. She has a class room of kids that adore her & parents that appreciate her. I truly hope you consider her for this amazing program, I couldn’t think of a better teacher who deserves it, thank you!!

Class room needs: Paper (computer paper, construction paper, notebooks), #2 pencils, erasers, Kleenex, disinfecting wipes & paper towels.

Jessica Slifer

Take a listen to our surprise interview with Mrs. Hand below!

Nominate your Kix Country class by submitting a letter to us at backpack@kixweb.com.

 

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