GREENSBORO, N.C. — Guilford County Schools announces teacher assistant as their employee of the month after saving a student who was choking.
Megan Hamilton, a teacher assistant at Northern Elementary School, was helping with lunch duty, when a fourth grader began choking on a hot dog.
Hamilton acted quickly, performing the Heimlich maneuver, and saving their life.
While this was an incredible act, it is not the only reason Hamilton was chosen as employee of the month.
“She spends hours each day actually instructing children and helping them to grow not only in academics, but also in character,” wrote teacher Amy Schoppa in a statement about Hamilton.
Hamilton received a $50 gift card and her picture will hang at the Guilford County Schools' district central offices, at Northern Elementary, and at the Greensboro Jaycees office during the month of November.
