Mike Cihla
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Mike came to Savannah and WTOC-TV in September 2000.
Mike is an award winning journalist who before Savannah, worked as an anchor/reporter at TV stations in Knoxville, Tennessee, Austin, Minnesota (Spamtown USA) and Sioux Falls, S.D.
Mike was born and raised in the small town of Lonsdale, Minn. He graduated from St. Cloud State University, (MN) in 1993, with a BS in Mass Commmunication, Minors in Political Science and Speech.
He LOVES living in Savannah because of it's beauty, history, and mild winters (But after growing up in Minnesota winters, anywhere else is mild.) Join Mike weeknights for THE News at Noon, 4pm, 6pm and 7pm on WTOC.
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Regina Owens teaches 7th grade math at Screven County Middle School, among the people she has known all her life.
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Find a job you love, and you will never work a day in your life and this week’s WTOC Top Teacher says she has found that job.
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A good teacher helps their students push harder to prove they can do it, not only to the teacher but to themselves.
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This week’s WTOC Top Teacher is a kindergarten teacher helping with the building blocks for a child’s education.
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Confidence can be contagious and building that confidence in a child by a teacher can help lead to greater things in a students life.
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Courtney Adams teaches 7th grade math at Lewis Frasier Middle School in Hinesville.
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Ron Minish helps students at McIntosh County Academy prepare for the SAT and others to catch up on their studies.
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“I always wanted to coach, and work with youth in some capacity, so teaching and coaching go hand-in-hand,” Marcus Hawkins said.
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Kaszanek said making connections with students, getting them to trust you and letting them know you care about them, is the most important thing about being a teacher.
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This week’s WTOC Top Teacher says she loves her job and loves how her students challenge her to find new ways to help them learn.
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She’s passionate about education and wants her students to know they can grow up to be anything they want, if they work hard.
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She’s always wanted to be a teacher since she was a little girl and is now doing that in her hometown of Metter.
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Hana Hendrix teaches a freshman transition class at Claxton High School. Her class helps to give the building blocks and show pathways for 9th graders to be successful in high school.
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This week’s WTOC Top Teacher had 4 different students nominate him for the honor.
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Teaching is about much more than throwing out numbers and facts, it’s about reaching and challenging students that they can do the work.
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Reading is essential and serves as the basic building block for all learning.
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There was a lot of excitement when WTOC walked into Kristen Butkovich’s class.
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This week’s WTOC Top Teacher has been in the classroom for over 20 years and thinks each of her students can change the world.
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This week’s WTOC Top Teacher says she was inspired by one of her former teachers to have a career in the classroom.
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Nelia Bishop teaches honors physical science and math classes at the STEM Academy at Bartlett in Savannah.
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Melissa Flummerfelt teaches first grade at Brock Elementary School in Savannah.
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Sean Vetrovsky teaches middle school science at Charles Ellis Montessori Academy in Savannah.
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This week’s WTOC Top Teacher wants her students to learn the subject matter as well as become critical thinkers, all while building a strong relationship with her students.
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The WTOC News crew had barely got in the door when the children burst into applause for their teacher, Emelie Deleon at Coastal Middle School in Chatham County.
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Every child is gifted. They just unwrap that gift at different times. and nobody knows that better than a special needs educator.
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This week’s WTOC Top Teacher is a calming influence for his students but also gives them the motivation they need to succeed in school.
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Music can change the world because it can change people. It’s a feeling that can give a person a lift.
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AP Calculus can be tough for even the best high school students. But one teacher tries to make sure no one gets left behind, using some of the skills he learned while serving in the military.
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Science and technology are the future. And in Claxton, students are learning about all the possible careers that they may want to pursue from this WTOC Top Teacher.
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Amanda Sanders Kindergarten class at Sand Hill Elementary is working on their numbers and counting.
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The gift of reading can open up new worlds for a student. and this week’s WTOC Top teacher is trying to do just that for her students in Darien.
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Some times inspiration comes from a number of different sources but all can help lead you on the path for your life’s work.
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Many people singing the praises of this week’s Top Teacher Hannah Hutcheson.
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These first students have come a long ways since they started this school year. Helped along by their teacher Nicole Knoblauch at Hesse k-8 school in Savannah.
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It’s almost time to the end the school year, but before the student’s head home for summer, WTOC has one last teacher to recognize.
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The students at Statesboro High School are excited that their teacher Lee Sulham received this week’s WTOC Top Teacher.
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Practice makes perfect in Rachel Stephens 3rd grade class at South Effingham Elementary School.
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Music is life, that’s why our hearts have beats and one choir teacher is hoping her students have huge hearts while making beautiful music together.
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She was born and raised in Savannah and gets to teach what she loves in the classroom and on stage.
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Sierra Roberts teaches 2nd grade at Joseph Martin Elementary School in Hinesville. Roberts says her class is like one big family.
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It takes a lot of patience to be a Pre-K teacher, as the students are going to school for the first time.
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Special needs students need a special kind of teacher, who can give them the support and sometimes space they need to succeed. Meet Debra Phillips from Southeast Bulloch Middle School.
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Bailey Thornton is reading Mr. Popper’s Penguins with her 4th grade class at Calvary Day School in Savannah.
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