"Cheryl Mizerny, a sixth-grade ELA teacher at Kingswood Middle School for Girls, part of the Cranbrook Schools, in Bloomfield, Mich., has always focused her teaching on the whole child and her school’s mission, “Enter to learn, go forth and serve!” This clear vision allows her to develop lessons, choose literature, create experiences, and tie-in their global social studies curriculum to help her students develop greater empathy for themselves and others.."