The last day of school is one of the most exciting days of the year for students.
Returning school books, signing yearbooks, or running around the playground for the last time, children can't contain their excitement at knowing they won't have to return on Monday.
Manor Independent School District teacher Gloria King won't be returning next year, and Thursday was no field day.
She's taught third-graders for five years at Decker Elementary.
"At this age you still get hugs, I've taught sixth grade and you don't get hugs at sixth grade," she said.
King is moving to East Texas where she'll teach. Her students say they'll miss her.
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Saying good-bye
News 8 Austin's Kelly Kyle sits in Ms. King's third-grade class at Decker Elementary.
 
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"She's a lot of fun. She's a little bit mean but not a lot, she's more nicer than me," student Nelly Reyna said.
"She's a great teacher. She's the bestest teacher in the whole world," student Jose Sandoval said.
King admits the best part about being a teacher is watching her kids excel in learning skills throughout the year.
"You can really see a lot of growth from the beginning of the year to the end of the year as far as their reading and comprehension," she said.
But it's the way King taught that had her students ready to come back the next day.
They rattled off the things they enjoyed most about her class: playing games in math, baking cookies, and learning how water evaporates and how thermometers work.
Whatever the method of teaching, it's worked. While students may soon forget math equations and language arts over the summer, they won't soon forget their third-grade teacher Mrs. King.
