Summer surprise! Lake Worth teacher treats students to new clothes

LAKE WORTH The way Andrea Ible sees it, she’s more than just a school teacher. “I’m not just teaching part of the child, I teach the whole child,” said Ible, a third-grade teacher at South Grade Elementary the past five years. “There’s the academic piece, the social piece, the emotional piece. When you put them together, it makes up the whole child. When a child comes into my class sad, I have to figure out what is going on with that child before I can teach him or her or I will just be teaching a wall.” Ible’s job can be particularly challenging because most of her students are from Guatemala. They struggle speaking and writing English. Some have self-esteem issues. One student recently lost her mom to a drug overdose. “These kids have gone through a lot of traumatic experiences,” Ible said. Yet, they work hard and do their best to excel for a teacher they love. To reward their efforts, Ible partnered with a group of philanthropic women, who bought summer clothes, socks and sneakers online from Macy’s, Target and…

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