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Gump named Teacher of the Month for April

Faith Gump

RICHMOND — Edison High School has selected Faith Gump as its Teacher of the Month for April.

Gump, who has spent the past 18 years with Edison Local Schools, graduated from Steubenville High School in 1983 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in education for grades 1-8 and K-12 intervention specialist, plus she earned her master’s degree in curriculum, instruction and assessment from Walden University in 2005. Gump began her teaching career at Hills Elementary in the Indian Creek Local School District and was hired a year later at Edison, where she has taught at Stanton and Springfield Elementary Schools and EHS.

She also coached the high school Academic Competition team from 2005-2015 and was the spelling bee organizer at Springfield and EHS from 2008-2017.

Gump lives in Richmond with her son Conrad, a senior at EHS, and daughter Bailey, an eighth-grader at Edison Jr. High. She enjoys running all over the county and beyond to watch her children participate in sports; attending the Jefferson County Fair and helping with 4-H projects; spending time with family and friends; and visiting with family at Myrtle Beach.

She has always pushed students to work to the best of their ability and is just as excited as they are when they persevere and achieve their goals.

“It has been a joy for the past 18 years to work as a team with such wonderful teachers, and I am looking forward to many more years as a part of Edison,” she said.

As an intervention specialist, Gump has a few quotes that help to guide her philosophy:

“Every child is gifted. They just unwrap their packages at different times.” — Unknown

“If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.” – Michael J. Fox

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