EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) – You may remember your favorite teacher for the positive impact they made on your life. Two young siblings in Edmond say their favorite teacher is extremely deserving of a Pay It 4Ward award for what he does inside and outside of the classroom.“He helped me read a lot of stuff,” Cy Delano, 8, said of his second-grade teacher, Mr. Randy Ceynar. Cy says he wasn’t reading at all until he walked through the doors of Mr. Ceynar’s class at Angie Debo Elementary.
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“He had a lot of positive energy,” said Cy’s sister Charlie, 10, who was in Mr. Ceynar’s class two years earlier. “Every time someone didn’t understand something, he’d always know. They didn’t even have to say anything, and he’d be like, ‘Yep, on my way.’”
“He’s the kindest man; he has taught our children so much,” said Cy and Charlie’s dad, Craig. “Not only do we know how great he is, we know the community loves him because when we post something on social media, we get all kinds of likes and loves from people from the last 30 years that he’s taught.”
Mr. Ceynar also teaches support and encouragement outside the classroom walls when he shows up to students’ extracurricular events, as he did for Cy.
“He went to my black belt testing. It was big,” Cy said. It was big for Cy, and for the thousands of students Mr. Ceynar has inspired in his 31 years of teaching. And for that, the Delano family surprised Mr. Ceynar in his classroom with a $400 Pay It 4Ward award from First Fidelity Bank.
“Oh, I’m so touched, thank you,” Mr. Ceynar said as he gave the two a hug. “Thank you, friends. I appreciate that. Thank you,” he said, as they handed him the cash.
“We’re a family of friends here, and we genuinely care about each other, and work hard to be successful and do our very best,” he said.
Mr. Ceynar’s passion for planting the gift of education, compassion, and resilience in his students comes full circle…