Teacher of the Week: Sarah Holt

WRAL's Teacher of the Week for May 13, 2026, is Sarah Holt, who said she can't imagine doing anything else but educating young minds in her 7th-grade classroom at Wake Forest Middle School.
Posted 5/13/2026, 4:07:50 PM

TO OPEN IN JUNE AND A NEW GOLF

AND SOCIAL CLUB IS COMING LATER

THIS YEAR.

OUR TEACHER OF THE WEEK WAS

BORN AND RAISED IN RICK FARS

AND NOW TEACHES AT THE MIDDLE

SCHOOL SHE ATTENDED GOING UP.

>> FREDERICK FOR HIS MIDDLE

SCHOOL TO RECOGNIZE AN ENGLISH

TEACHER KNOWN FOR BEING A

MENTOR MOTIVATOR AND

INSPIRATION TO HER STUDENTS.

>> MAKE SURE YOU'RE USING THE

WORD. OKAY. IN A WAY THAT TELLS

ME YOU UNDERSTAND THE MEANING

OF THE WORD SARAH HOLD. CAN'T

IMAGINE DOING ANYTHING ELSE

BUT EDUCATING YOUNG MINDS IN

HER 7TH GRADE CLASSROOM AT WAKE

FOREST MIDDLE HALF COMMUTE.

AND IN THAT SENSE, IT'S HOLT

SAYS BEING A TEACHER WAS HER

DREAM EVER SINCE SHE WAS A

LITTLE GIRL AND THAT MOTIVATION

WAS ROOTED IN HER FAMILY TREE.

MY MOM WAS A HUGE INSPIRATIONS

AND A GRANDMOTHER WHO IS A

MUSIC TEACHER. MY SISTER WAS A

TEACHING FELLOWS FOR FRENCH

MISSILE IS KNOWN FOR MEETING

STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE IN

THEIR ACADEMIC JOURNEY. THAT'S

AWESOME. I LIKED ALL USE THAT

QUOTATION FROM PAGE. 79

OFTENTIMES WITH AN ENCOURAGING

WORD OR BEING PATIENT AND KIND

OF CREATING A SAFE LEARNING

ENVIRONMENT. ONE CHILD FINALLY

PICKS UP READING AND

COMPREHENSION. I'M WRITING

ESSAYS FOR THE FIRST TIME

BECAUSE THEY WERE WORKING, YOU

KNOW, SCHOOL AT HOME. THAT'S

BEEN REALLY REWARDING TOLD IS

ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL WHEN SHE

CONNECTS WITH HER STUDENTS BY

HELPING THEM, ACCORDING TO

LITERATURE TO THE DAILY LIVES

LIKE THE NOVEL, THE OUTSIDERS,

WHICH THEY CURRENTLY READING

HAVING THEM IN MY CLASS AND

LEARNING THINGS EACH DAY HELPS

ME BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH

THEM AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY

SHARE THINGS WITH ME, WHAT

THEY'VE DONE THIS HOME, YOU

ARE WRAL'S TEACHER OF THE WEEK.

>> CLASS CLASS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

>> SHE LOOKED VERY SPIES

IS GOING IF YOU'D LIKE TO

NOMINATE A TEACHER. GOOD TO