Amy Maxey has been called a "magician" in the classroom, but she makes magic outside the classroom as well. Just finding the time to do everything she accomplishes must take some supernatural abilities: in addition to teaching math, Maxey coaches sports and revises curricula at West Forsyth High School. She never settles for second best, either. The result? She never gets second place. On the local level, Maxey has been named New Bridge Bank¿s "Outstanding Teacher of the Month" and the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school system's 2008-09 Teacher of the Year. On the national scale, Maxey has been making waves, too. In 2008, she was named an American Star of Teaching by the U.S. Department of Education. A teacher for close to fifteen years, Maxey started at West Forsyth right out of college, when she was only four years older than some of her students. She had no trouble earning her students' respect, however, with her innovative lessons that tied math examples to the real world. By now, she has more than her students' respect, however: she has their friendship as well. In the words of one of her students, "She's just a great person overall."
Amy Maxey has been called a "magician" in the classroom, but she makes magic outside the classroom as well. Just finding the time to do everything she accomplishes must take some supernatural abilities: in addition to teaching math, Maxey coaches sports and revises curricula at West Forsyth High School. She never settles for second best, either. The result? She never gets second place. On the local level, Maxey has been named New Bridge Bank¿s "Outstanding Teacher of the Month" and the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school system's 2008-09 Teacher of the Year. On the national scale, Maxey has been making waves, too. In 2008, she was named an American Star of Teaching by the U.S. Department of Education. A teacher for close to fifteen years, Maxey started at West Forsyth right out of college, when she was only four years older than some of her students. She had no trouble earning her students' respect, however, with her innovative lessons that tied math examples to the real world. By now, she has more than her students' respect, however: she has their friendship as well. In the words of one of her students, "She's just a great person overall."