{"id":177016,"date":"2026-02-23T21:44:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/177016\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T21:44:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:44:26","slug":"teacher-of-the-week-cynthia-cyndi-carrick-of-northwest-isds-beck-elementary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/177016\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher of the week: Cynthia \u201cCyndi\u201d Carrick of Northwest ISD’s Beck Elementary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cynthia \u201cCyndi\u201d Carrick, a dyslexia interventionist at Northwest ISD\u2019s Beck Elementary, used her reading skills to land a spot on the \u201cWheel of Fortune.\u201d<\/p>\n

During her appearance<\/a>, she won thousands of dollars and a trip to the Daytona 500.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to be on \u2018Wheel of Fortune,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cI watched it with my grandmother when I was little. I watched it with my kids. And now my husband and I still watch it together.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a dyslexia interventionist, Carrick teaches students to recognize word patterns, suffixes and syllable types. Those same decoding strategies helped her while she appeared on the famous game show.<\/p>\n

Carrick plans to use some of her winnings to fund themed learning spaces in classrooms.<\/p>\n

Her advice to students?<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t be afraid to chase your dreams. Put yourself out there. What\u2019s the worst that can happen?\u201d<\/p>\n

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