Teachers: A special breed of heroes

Five Staten Island teachers were honored yesterday for their dedication and passion for the profession during the second annual Excellence In Education Awards ceremony at Staten Island Academy, Todt Hill.

Show appreciation for teacher

American author and historian Henry Adams (1838-1918) once said, “A teacher affects eternity, he can never tell where his influence stops.” Like many people, Adams, the grandson of the sixth U.S. president, John Quincy Adams, thought of teaching as one of the most important jobs a person can seek.

Teacher is a success in any language

If you can read this, the saying goes, thank a teacher.

This is what I was born to do

Wendy Gallegos stands before her class and writes “concer� on the board.

Teachers make a difference

Students and staff of Pocomoke Middle School are this week celebrating the success of one of their own as the county’s 2007 Teacher of the Year.

Thanks to teachers, From worst to first

Waterford High School’s motto is “worst to first,” and that’s just what students have done since the campus opened six years ago.

Golden Apples honor top educators

Room 315 of Senior High looks as much like an art studio as a classroom. The white dry-erase boards have detailed drawings of sea life and humans, and the directions penned on the board look as if they were done by an expert illustrator.

Middle school science teacher wins award

This week, Alisa Smits, life science teacher at Fremont Middle School, will help 108 seventh-graders dissect sheep eyes into various parts — cornea, lens, retina and all.

St. Mary’s College to honor 89-year-old biology professor

Lawrence Cory peers intently into a burbling stream under a canopy of oaks, then jumps to the other side, looking for salamanders.

Teaching students to think

Janet Glancy knows when her students need a change of scenery.

Four named Teachers of the Year

Lisa Braren stood in front of about 10 children dressed in Hawaiian shirts, top hats and canes.

Pine Teacher Gets Hero Award

The gym teacher who helped disarm a 14-year-old boy in a shooting at a Reno middle school last spring has been named the Red Cross Hero of the Year for northern Nevada.

Teacher’s unique way of educating inspires students

Ashley Currie, Brock Country Day Early Education Center teacher, is planning on letting one of her students cut her hair.

At 75, ‘I Love the Art of Learning’

Maria Patti just can’t stop teaching.

Teachers honored with ‘Golden Apple’ awards

If it hadn’t been for a nasty dog bite, teacher Melinda Wilson would not have been standing in front of her dance class Wednesday holding a basket of apples.

Science with a ‘Boom’

“The Boom” is bouncing around the classroom like an overgrown kid. With his bushy gray eyebrows and mad scientist’s grin, he’s demonstrating the density of methane to 25 rapt teenagers at San Lorenzo Valley High School.

A lesson learned from these award-winning teachers

Stephane Cote has already spent $11,000 of his own money to develop innovative programs for his students at Ecole primaire Lalande in Roxboro.

Top teacher honored

Palm Vista Elementary School third-grade teacher Jennifer Smith was taken completely by surprise on Tuesday, Feb. 13 when she became one of three California teachers awarded the $25,000 Milken National Educator Award for 2006.

Substitute teacher saves Somers student from choking

Mabelle B. Avery Middle School art teacher Elizabeth Abbott has been in unsettling situations before, but none like what she encountered Wednesday Feb. 7 just as third period class ended.

He’s not ‘just a regular classroom teacher’

Rafe Esquith’s classroom is dingy and cluttered, but it hardly matters. Within seconds inside it, it becomes clear why Esquith has been anointed as one of those magical teachers who propels his poor, immigrant students to impossible heights.

Honored teacher inspires readers

It’s never too late to follow your dreams. For living proof, look no farther than Emily Simpson, West Pender Middle School reading teacher and Pender County Educator of the Year.

Teacher Of The Year Connects With Her Students

A middle school teacher from Estes Park was named the Colorado Department of Education’s 2007 Teacher of the Year.

Teacher earning national acclaim

It has been an eventful few months for Andrea Peterson.

Teacher honored with Unsung Hero award

Robert Griffith, a longtime teacher at Nashoba Regional High School, recently received an “Unsung Hero� award from St. Michael’s College of Vermont. Passionate about his subject matter and known for his positive attitude and quick wit, Griffith, a Clinton resident, has taught psychology at Nashoba for 13 years, and before that, taught English at Emerson School for eight years.

Legend of ‘Frau Vogt’ earns state recognition

In Room 1108 on the basement floor of Fayette County High School, Mechthild Vogt begins her first class as she has every day for the past 30 years.

The Glamour of Grammar

At 7 a.m. one morning toward the end of fall term, Duncan McDonald sits in his office with pictures of family and friends, a pile of newspapers, class assignments and copies of his books.

Top Teacher Barbara Bryant

There is always some type of fun activity in Barbara Bryant’s third grade class at St. Francis Cabrini School in Savannah.

Paying It Forward

Griswold Middle School’s Tedeschi returns teacher’s favor with his current students

Teacher is honored

When Terry Piumetti isn’t teaching, she spends her weekends at school mentoring students who are interested in learning about the law — and now she’s being honored for it.

Prized teacher challenges students

Class begins on this day like any other. Robert “Bob” Pontious, English instructor at Brunswick Community College, cheerfully enters the classroom carrying a big stick over his right shoulder, a folder under his arm and an Ohio State University mug in his free hand. Pontious is about to do what he does best: teach.

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