\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAt Diplomat Middle School in Cape Coral, language Arts teacher Quinn Schnabel is a familiar face. This marks her 25th year teaching at Diplomat. \u201cThis has become my second family, my second home. We’ve been through a lot here,\u201d she said. Schnabel started at the school fresh out of college. She\u2019s been there through 9\/11, COVID and Hurricane Ian, which ripped the roof off the building. She also had the opportunity to teach her three kids at the school, and now teaches alongside her husband and one of her daughters. \u201cI’ve shed tears here, I’ve laughed here,\u201d Schnabel said. “This school is everything to me.” Schnabel\u2019s passion for reading and writing started young. Now, she gets to live it every day. \u201cI would bury my nose in a book as a child,\u201d she said, smiling. \u201cProbably the only child to read Gone with the Wind in 3rd grade.” But it isn\u2019t just her love for literature that stands out. Her love for her students leads the way. \u201cMs. Schnabel is a very kind, caring, nurturing teacher. She doesn’t raise her voice often, but she makes it direct her expectations of us,\u201d student Daniel Perez said. \u201cShe’s been the golden standard for teaching for many, many years,\u201d principal Jason Plucker said. “She’s such a caring person. She’s literally, if I could clone teachers, I would clone Mrs. Schnabel.” This marked her 9th year as a finalist for the Golden Apple. Finally, she\u2019s getting the honor that she so obviously deserves. It\u2019s a fitting way to celebrate 25 years. While so much has happened over that time, one feeling in particular stands out. \u201cJust how grateful I am. Yup. Just how grateful I am for this whole experience,\u201d Schnabel said. DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202fGulf Coast News app\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tCAPE CORAL, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
At Diplomat Middle School in Cape Coral, language Arts teacher Quinn Schnabel is a familiar face. <\/p>\n
This marks her 25th year teaching at Diplomat. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis has become my second family, my second home. We’ve been through a lot here,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
Schnabel started at the school fresh out of college. She\u2019s been there through 9\/11, COVID and Hurricane Ian, which ripped the roof off the building. <\/p>\n
She also had the opportunity to teach her three kids at the school, and now teaches alongside her husband and one of her daughters. <\/p>\n
\u201cI’ve shed tears here, I’ve laughed here,\u201d Schnabel said. “This school is everything to me.” <\/p>\n
Schnabel\u2019s passion for reading and writing started young. Now, she gets to live it every day. <\/p>\n
\u201cI would bury my nose in a book as a child,\u201d she said, smiling. \u201cProbably the only child to read Gone with the Wind in 3rd grade.” <\/p>\n
But it isn\u2019t just her love for literature that stands out. Her love for her students leads the way. <\/p>\n
\u201cMs. Schnabel is a very kind, caring, nurturing teacher. She doesn’t raise her voice often, but she makes it direct her expectations of us,\u201d student Daniel Perez said. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe’s been the golden standard for teaching for many, many years,\u201d principal Jason Plucker said. “She’s such a caring person. She’s literally, if I could clone teachers, I would clone Mrs. Schnabel.” <\/p>\n
This marked her 9th year as a finalist for the Golden Apple. Finally, she\u2019s getting the honor that she so obviously deserves. It\u2019s a fitting way to celebrate 25 years. <\/p>\n
While so much has happened over that time, one feeling in particular stands out. <\/p>\n
\u201cJust how grateful I am. Yup. Just how grateful I am for this whole experience,\u201d Schnabel said. <\/p>\n
DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202fGulf Coast News app<\/a>\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app<\/a> to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At Diplomat Middle School in Cape Coral, language Arts teacher Quinn Schnabel is a familiar face. This marks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[90819,6947,209,211,210,2353,90816,104,90815,1179,2327,90817,213,356,38134,90820,90814,7327,90818,531,197,3384,7331,4825,221],"class_list":["post-195703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-9th-year","tag-award","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-child","tag-diplomat-middle","tag-entertainment","tag-golden-apple","tag-gulf-coast-news-app","tag-honor","tag-language-arts","tag-late-news","tag-lee-county","tag-love","tag-passion","tag-quinn-schnabel","tag-reading","tag-schnabel","tag-school","tag-sport","tag-students","tag-teacher","tag-way","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}