Principal, Parents Remember Beloved Perry Hall Teacher

Longtime Perry Hall teacher Danitra Bundy will forever be fondly remembered for being a great storyteller, her Philadelphia Pretzels, her killer eggnog recipe and that one time she won the Showcase Showdown on The Price is Right. 

“She was the best of the best. Each child was her child and she loved them all,” Kim Smith Schuster said. “There wasn't a person she didn't like or a child she didn't believe in.”

Bundy passed away Monday from respiratory failure, one  year after retiring from Seven Oaks Elementary School. She spent 35 years as an elementary school teacher, 20 of which were spent at Seven Oaks. 

WBAL-TV celebrated Bundy's retirement with this story about her career. 

Before moving to Seven Oaks, she worked at Perry Hall Elementary School. 

“I am 34 years old and had Ms. Bundy as my 3rd grade teacher at Perry Hall Elementary,” Noel Bisset Knepper said. “She was always smiling and I learned so much from her. She was my favorite teacher and inspired me to become an elementary teacher as well. I would run into her pretty much every two years, and she always remembered me and asked about my family. She was a very special lady!”

Seven Oaks Principal Carol Wingard described Bundy as a very engaging and open educator with her students. 

“Her staff has lost a friend,” Wingard said. “She was blessed with a wonderful personality and warm heart. She loved children. She supported parents. She was a great asset to the school and the educational community.” 

Bundy used to bring Philadelphia Pretzels for her fellow teachers, and she made “killer” eggnog during the holidays, Schuster said. 

At the end of every school year, she would show her students a video tape of that one time she won the Showcase Showdown on The Price Is Right.  

Read more anecdotes about Danitra Bundy on the Perry Hall Patch Facebook page and stay with Patch as we continue to update this story.  

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