Charlene Hall, a first-grade teacher at Westside, received the Crystal Apple Award on Monday, November 5th. Teresa Jordan, facilitator at Westside, presented Charlene with this prestigious award. This award is peer-nominated and given to recognize excellence in teaching. Charlene has been teaching for nine years, all of which have been in first grade. When asked about why she likes to teach, she talks about her love of the students. She loves their hugs and the idea that everything is new to them. She is the one that gets to teach them how to be students. Some of her reasons for teac