Library media specialist advocates for students
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Under LaToya Morgan’s bright pink blazer, her shirt reads SuperHeroine and judging from the reaction of the fourth-grade class she’s working with, the label fits. “Being the media specialist here at Carver, I can come in and be whoever I want to be,” she said. “I like to dress up, to get into character, and the kids, they just love it. I’m able to be this little superhero.” Between constantly reminding her pupils to pull up their masks, Morgan reinforces important facts about the women’s suffrage movement. After the students heard a book on the fight for voting rights, a quiz contest has the kids jumping in excitement.
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“The personalities… woo!” she said, laughing. “I feed off them and they feed off me, and I love it. The kids, the excitement they get from reading is just amazing.” Morgan says working at Carver Magnet Elementary in the Little Rock School District is like being part of a small family. She knows every student’s name and enjoys the support of her principal and colleagues in the building.
