R.C. Edwards Middle School eighth-grade student Alyssa Howard wrote the winning essay in the Papa John’s Teacher Appreciation contest. She wrote about her seventh-grade social studies teacher, Tommy Wright. Howard and Wright were treated to a surprise pizza party recently. In her essay, Howard described Wright as a teacher who always listened to her and helped her understand social studies better. She said, “I did not enter this contest for me. I entered for Wright.” Howard considers Wright family and even asked him to be her grandfather. The Edwards faculty is proud of Howard for writing the winning essay and proud of having a giving, respected teacher such as Wright.