Truman is invested beyond the classroom as well, recounting how in 2017 she did Bike to the Beach, raising $12,000 for the group Autism Speaks by riding her bike from D.C. She added that it can be hard day to day but said, “When you put forth the effort first, you reap the rewards.” I love when I know that they love school. “I love creating a community of learners. The history of Mary Prince, related by herself, is a first-person account of the horrifically brutal treatment experienced by Prince, and others, as she was bought and sold on between slave-‘owners’. “Special education is a unique situation day to day. Mary Prince was born into enslavement in Bermuda. Truman has spent more than two decades teaching special education in Prince George’s County, having moved to Kenmoor at the start of this school year after spending several years at a school in Bowie. In her book, The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave, she talks about her life as a slave, and the treatment she received from the different families she lived with. In this unique document, Mary Prince vividly recalls her life as a slave in Bermuda, Turks Island, Antigua, and England, her rebellion against physical and psychological degradation, and her eventual escape in London in 1828. She was sold to a number of brutal owners there and in the Turks and Caicos Islands, and Antigua. vii, 173 pages : 21 cm 'Mary Prince was the first black British woman to escape from slavery and publish a record of her experiences. But the energy and care that Kenmoor Early Childhood Center’s Mary Truman puts into teaching every day is the reason why she was named the Prince George’s County Public Schools Teacher of the Year on Tuesday. Mary Prince was a slave in the West Indies in the early 1800s. Mary Prince was born to an enslaved family in Bermuda. (WTOP/John Domen)īeing a teacher isn’t easy, and teaching students with special needs can be even harder. The energy and care that Kenmoor Early Childhood Center’s Mary Truman, left, puts into her job every day is the reason why she was named the Prince George’s County Public Schools’ Teacher of the Year. Business & Finance Click to expand menu.

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