By Paige Paes
First Grade Teacher
St. Thomas the Apostle School
RIVERSIDE—I am the first grade teacher of 19 excited, wide-eyed students of St. Thomas School. I attended St. Thomas as a student, and now I am back as a teacher. I try to infuse ideas and morals that I was taught as a student to help build my students’ Catholic identity. Being able to teach these students to be followers of God has been a very rewarding experience.