WTOC Top Teacher: Rylee Pippin

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Rylee Pippin, a fourth grade teacher at Memorial Day School in Savannah, has always dreamed of being in the classroom.

“My mom is a teacher so, I grew up around teachers and just always wanted to be in the classroom myself,” Pippin said.

She loves watching her students learn and grow under her guidance.

“It’s like a big win, it’s like I am sharing the win with them. I get so excited about it, that it is finally clicking. It’s like yay, all our hard work has paid off,” she said.

Pippin wants her students to know they can do anything if they set their minds to it.

“That they can do hard things, that’s what we talk about a lot, you can overcome a lot of hard things, if you don’t know immediately, then you can figure it out,” Pippin said. “You just don’t know it yet.”

She also wants her students to know she loves and cares about them.

“I have the best class ever, and I love my kids so much and I will get emotional talking about them, but yeah, I love them so much,” Pippin said.