Black Excellence: Vilenti Tulloch
Springfield educator Vilenti Tulloch launches ‘Engage to Excel’ on how middle schoolers can find success
SPRINGFIELD — Springfield educator Vilenti Tulloch knows that the middle school experience is pivotal in shaping student success.
After all, it happened to him.
“I was in eighth grade, and I was really having a hard time. I was misbehaving, I had my pants sagging down and my shirts were big, and I thought I was playing this role, this cool role,” said Tulloch, who recalls being a student at Glenbrook Middle School in the primarily white suburban district of Longmeadow.
It was in that middle school where he met his first educator of color — a substitute teacher who connected with him.