This teacher at Longfellow Middle School is the winner of a KENS 5 Excel Award and a $1,000 check from Credit Human!
SAN ANTONIO — Abby Ramos inspires her students to read more than they have ever read and motivates them to create projects that help communities as far away as South America, but it’s Ramos' Girl Talk Club that’s capturing the attention of so many teachers and parents around the country. She founded a movement that aims to empower young middle school girls and her club has gone viral on social media.
It works by meeting weekly with a group of eighth grade girls who choose to join the club. Any girl wishing to be part of the club can join, no strings attached. Ramos said the goal is to build their self-esteem, an everyday battle especially for middle school kids. “I've been that new girl who didn't have anybody, I didn't have a sister of my own, and it's hard to find a network."
Many of her girls are now proudly wearing their pink pledge ribbons around campus. They spread the word encouraging other girls who need it to join. Ramos said her reading program is so successful that many of her students end up reading upwards of 30 books a year, and kids who didn’t read at all before are now reading five or more books.
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