NC teacher Raquel Aguilar honored by WAVY-TV 10

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Elementary school teacher Raquel Aguilar of North Carolina has been honored was an Excellent Educator by Dare County Schools and WAVY-TV 10. Photo credit: Wavy TV 10

Our nation’s bilingual students are fortunate to have many talented bilingual educators devoted to their educational success. One of them is Raquel Aguilar, an elementary school teacher in North Carolina. In May, 2022, she was selected as an Excellent Educator by Dare County Schools and WAVY-TV 10.

Raquel teaches third grade at Kitty Hawk Elementary School in the Dare County School District located in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. She teaches in the Spanish Dual Language Immersion Program. In addition to English and Spanish, she is also proficient in French.

Through her work, Raquel is not just teaching her students another language, she’s also making sure that they understand why being bilingual is so important. “Being bilingual has opened so many doors for me and that’s what I hope for my kids too,” she says. But the honored educator says the bilingual program is much more than just teaching students another language. “It’s about recognizing differences and that differences are okay. It doesn’t matter what language you speak. It doesn’t matter how you look,” she asserts.

In addition to her work with her third graders, Raquel leads a curriculum initiative in her District, working with fellow teachers to develop resources for the Spanish Immersion Program. She also mentors beginning teachers.

Raquel is a native of Costa Rica. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the Universidad de Costa Rica in 2014. She earned her Master’s degree in Primary Education from the Universidad Methodist de Costa Rica in 2017.

The Excellent Educators program is a WAVY-TV 10 initiative to celebrate local teachers who have gone above and beyond for their students and communities during the last academic year. These Excellent Educators were nominated by their school divisions.

To learn more about Raquel Aguilar, click on this link to an article about her published on WAVY.com.