Melissa Tracy's motto is to 'think globally and act locally.' It's no surprise then why she's been recognized as a Top 10 finalist for the Global Teacher Prize.
Melissa Tracy's motto is to "think globally and act locally." It's no surprise then why she's been recognized as a Top 10 finalist for the Global Teacher Prize."I always tell my students the importance of thinking globally, but acting locally," said Melissa Tracy.Growing up in California, she spent about four years living in a motel with her parents. As an educator, she experienced the lifestyles of students in India, Poland, and Thailand.
Tracy was inspired by the school's outdoor garden to create an indoor space where students could grow in more ways than one."I retrofitted a traditional classroom, started to turn it into a hydroponic lab," she said. "And so, what started with a couple hundred greens in the classroom has now expanded to about 6,000 greens every month."
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