Albion Middle students may enter Stephanie Nasser’s classroom with some sense of worry they won’t be able to meet her high expectations — but they always leave feeling resilient and proud. Colleagues say that Nasser balances high expectations with warmth, love, and positivity, and students leave her class knowing that they can do hard things. One parent says this about her daughter’s experience in Nasser’s class: “My daughter hated English before Ms. Nasser’s class. At the beginning, she said: ‘Ms. Nasser is pushing us too hard and expects too much.’ Now she loves it and has even bumped up her English testing scores by a lot!” Nasser joined Albion’s faculty in 2017 and has elevated and invigorated the school community. “Students who get her as a teacher are the luckiest of all,” says Principal Eric Gardner. “She runs a tight ship that accomplishes the crucial job of preparing them for high school.”
