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| Claudia McCarthy and Larry Malone (Chamber of Commerce) |
It is my pleasure to be the guest facilitator of today’s Phenomenal Friday. Looking back over my career, there are many people who I could give a “Shout Out” to. They influenced my career and personal life tremendously. I chose education because it is a “purposeful” and “humbling” profession. It is an incredible honor to be in education and to work with so many different people, all who dedicate their lives to empowering students. This applies not only to the teacher but to everyone that makes our District a whole.
Unfortunately, our profession is not always looked upon with honor and the makeup of a classroom is often misunderstood. Make no mistake, though, within every classroom is a staff member who has acted as a parent to a child, a role model, coach, advisor, mentor, fan, and/or friend. I love running into my former students. I hope that I have made a difference in their lives. I know they made a difference in mine. They taught me compassion, tolerance, understanding, acceptance, and unconditional love, as I’m sure many of your students have taught you. Everyone who plays a part in the education of a child is to be thanked for enabling that child to follow his/her dreams. May you continue to inspire!
~ Donna Meyers
“Shout Outs”
"Congratulations to Claudia McCarthy for being selected as the 2017 Citizen of the Year by the Millville Chamber of Commerce. She was chosen for her many years of dedication to the city of Millville and the Millville athletic community. Recently Claudia was honored at a luncheon, where they spoke about her many years of coaching, her numerous successes and the countless lives she has positively affected. Congratulations once again to Claudia McCarthy. Well deserved!!"
"Congratulations to Christian Varga for being honored by the South Jersey Soccer Coaches Association this past Monday night (January 22, 2018) for earning his 100th career win as the Millville Boys Soccer coach 2017 Fall Sports Season."
~Dave LaGamba
"Mrs. Donna Makos is a teacher in our three year old program and works diligently and tirelessly with her three year old children on a daily basis. She and her two coworkers, Mrs. Megan Scherbekow and Mrs. Andery Peterson engage children to produce the most learning possible. She collects data in GOLD, our assessment system, IEP data for select children and LEAP data for the autistic children in her classroom. She is a fully LEAP certified teacher. She also represents CFC on the diversity team and has turn-keyed all information to our staff. She works equally hard to involve parents in their child's educational plan. Her classroom is visited by teachers throughout the state as a model Creative Curriculum classroom. Her smile and love of her children is obvious the minute you meet her!"
~JoAnn Burns
"Mrs. Horin just completed a project with her Anatomy & Physiology I classes where they created a full size poster to mimic a Movie Poster advertisement. In these posters, the students demonstrated how the nervous system (nervous tissues) interrelates with 3 other major systems (integumentary; skeletal; muscular) and tissues (epithelial; connective; muscular) in the human body. The students came up with very clever titles like "Anatomy Park", "The Anatomy League", "Nervous Wars", and the "Nervous Rangers" to depict the important "characters" of the nervous system. Ms. Horin is constantly creating interactive projects to demonstrate student mastery in creative ways. Great Job Michelle!:
~Stacey Musey
"A special thank you for Rob Desantis for devoting so much of his time and energy to our music programs and school functions. His personality and dedication to our school is amazing!"
~Stephanie DeRose
"Thank you, Katherine Rossbach, for all that you do to help our students. From the idea of bringing a new elective to our department, to running the Student Council, to organizing the Holly Ball, to all the LGBTQ meetings and outreach that you offer to our students, I offer you a big "Thank you"!"
~ Bridget Borlak
"This past week Mr. DeSantis had one of his students accepted into the world renowned Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps. Hundreds of students try out for the Corps each year and last year they won second place in the international Drum and Bugle competition. According to Mr. DeSantis the Vanguard is playing in the “major leagues” of marching band. Students from all over the world try out for the Santa Clara Vanguard. Mr. DeSantis’s dedication to his students is highly respected and admired. He spends countless hours at the school, his weekends at competitions, and is a positive role model on every level for his students. Congrats Rob on Julia making the Vanguard!"
~ Steve Matusz
"Nurse Pruett does an exceptional job taking care of our Bacon Bears. She treats all cases and students with care and tact, and she has excellent and timely communication with parents regarding issues that arise. Furthermore, she is organized and continually fills me in on situations I need to know. Michele, thank you for professionalism and for your devotion to our students and school!"
~Mike Coyle
Published by Spike Cook, Millville, NJ
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