With a local tilt, a quick and incomplete look at 10 Heroes in Education for 2012.
William McKersie, Greenwich Superintendent of Schools: From the positive nature of his words and actions, to the leadership he’s displayed, McKersie has been a hit from day one. May that continue for many years to come.
Greenwich Public Schools: Make no mistake about it, standardized test scores are an important measure of student success. Not the only measure, but they count. We can’t run from the results when they’re not up to par and then celebrate them when they’re good. Having said that, 2012 confirmed what we already knew: Any talk of Greenwich Public Schools being in decline was about as credible as saying the same thing about Peyton Manning. Test scores are up. We’re doing fine.
Dwight Wall, Greenwich High School English Teacher: If Elias kept records on education, Wall would own just about every one. He’s been a teacher for over 50 years, and, God willing, he’ll be around for 50 more.
Steve Anderson, Greenwich Board of Education: One day, he’ll write a book. For now, he’s too busy serving the needs of students, parents, teachers, and the Greenwich community. In other words, continuing to do what he does best.
Leslie Moriarty, Greenwich Board of Education Chair: For a strong first year serving as board chair. The board was wise to keep her in that position.
Greenwich High School Unified Sports: The program, now in its third year at the high school, is one of the school’s true treasures. A nod to the Board of Ed for its continued support and recognition.
Greenwich High School: For its tribute to Newtown. 3,000 packed the Student Center honoring the Newtown community with thoughts and prayers. The GHS Chamber Singers performed Amazing Grace. Amazing, indeed.
Rob Adams, WGCH Sports Director: For continuing to treat every game he broadcasts as if it was Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals. For over a decade, Adams has been the voice of Greenwich sports. Good broadcaster. Good guy.
Greenwich Animal Control: There’s no organization in town more important than this one. Bill Peterson, Suzanne Carlin, and Stacy Rameor are local heroes. And a nod to Greenwich Time’s Helen Neafsey, who keeps us all informed about the local pet scene. If you think teaching kids how to read and write is hard, try teaching adults the truth about pit bulls. Greenwich Animal Control, and Neafsey, are doing their part.
Fordham University: No list is complete without mention of my alma mater. I’ll go with Fordham here for cancelling a scheduled appearance arranged by the College Republicans (I had no idea such a thing was allowed on a college campus!) by Ann Coulter. After the university’s president, Fr. Joseph M. McShane, expressed his disapproval, the College Republicans rescinded the invite.
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Hit and Run…
Do yourself a favor and check out CNN’s Piers Morgan. I’ve grown to really like his intelligent and independent style…
I’ve been watching the Jets since the mid 1980s, really started to become a fan when Jerry Jones broke my heart and fired Tom Landry, and I’ve been to a bunch of games. Still, I don’t like what the Jets did to Tim Tebow this year…
I’m as anti-gun as they come, but shouldn’t we also be talking about mental illness, and society, movies, music, etc…
Gather around your computers everyone. I want you all to stop for one moment and consider what we’ve seen the past three weeks in Newtown. In the midst of such tragedy, the real winner is faith. Religion is playing the central role in the recovery. Instead of calling on government, we’re calling on God…
Speaking of government, and specifically President Obama, he did a wonderful job responding to Newtown. So did Governor Malloy…
Imus signed on for three more years. As good as he is on the radio, he’s doing great work at the ranch…
I don’t know what was better, what the Giants’ Victor Cruz did for the Pinto family of Newtown, or what Tom Coughlin said about his star wide receiver.
“Incredibly proud of what he’s done. That family will remember that all their days. The fact that he went and did that speaks volumes about what he has inside.”
Cruz, by the way, attended Paterson Catholic High School in New Jersey…
Happy New Year!
2012 Heroes in Education
With a local tilt, a quick and incomplete look at 10 Heroes in Education for 2012.
William McKersie, Greenwich Superintendent of Schools: From the positive nature of his words and actions, to the leadership he’s displayed, McKersie has been a hit from day one. May that continue for many years to come.
Greenwich Public Schools: Make no mistake about it, standardized test scores are an important measure of student success. Not the only measure, but they count. We can’t run from the results when they’re not up to par and then celebrate them when they’re good. Having said that, 2012 confirmed what we already knew: Any talk of Greenwich Public Schools being in decline was about as credible as saying the same thing about Peyton Manning. Test scores are up. We’re doing fine.
Dwight Wall, Greenwich High School English Teacher: If Elias kept records on education, Wall would own just about every one. He’s been a teacher for over 50 years, and, God willing, he’ll be around for 50 more.
Steve Anderson, Greenwich Board of Education: One day, he’ll write a book. For now, he’s too busy serving the needs of students, parents, teachers, and the Greenwich community. In other words, continuing to do what he does best.
Leslie Moriarty, Greenwich Board of Education Chair: For a strong first year serving as board chair. The board was wise to keep her in that position.
Greenwich High School Unified Sports: The program, now in its third year at the high school, is one of the school’s true treasures. A nod to the Board of Ed for its continued support and recognition.
Greenwich High School: For its tribute to Newtown. 3,000 packed the Student Center honoring the Newtown community with thoughts and prayers. The GHS Chamber Singers performed Amazing Grace. Amazing, indeed.
Rob Adams, WGCH Sports Director: For continuing to treat every game he broadcasts as if it was Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals. For over a decade, Adams has been the voice of Greenwich sports. Good broadcaster. Good guy.
Greenwich Animal Control: There’s no organization in town more important than this one. Bill Peterson, Suzanne Carlin, and Stacy Rameor are local heroes. And a nod to Greenwich Time’s Helen Neafsey, who keeps us all informed about the local pet scene. If you think teaching kids how to read and write is hard, try teaching adults the truth about pit bulls. Greenwich Animal Control, and Neafsey, are doing their part.
Fordham University: No list is complete without mention of my alma mater. I’ll go with Fordham here for cancelling a scheduled appearance arranged by the College Republicans (I had no idea such a thing was allowed on a college campus!) by Ann Coulter. After the university’s president, Fr. Joseph M. McShane, expressed his disapproval, the College Republicans rescinded the invite.
——————————
Hit and Run…
Do yourself a favor and check out CNN’s Piers Morgan. I’ve grown to really like his intelligent and independent style…
I’ve been watching the Jets since the mid 1980s, really started to become a fan when Jerry Jones broke my heart and fired Tom Landry, and I’ve been to a bunch of games. Still, I don’t like what the Jets did to Tim Tebow this year…
I’m as anti-gun as they come, but shouldn’t we also be talking about mental illness, and society, movies, music, etc…
Gather around your computers everyone. I want you all to stop for one moment and consider what we’ve seen the past three weeks in Newtown. In the midst of such tragedy, the real winner is faith. Religion is playing the central role in the recovery. Instead of calling on government, we’re calling on God…
Speaking of government, and specifically President Obama, he did a wonderful job responding to Newtown. So did Governor Malloy…
Imus signed on for three more years. As good as he is on the radio, he’s doing great work at the ranch…
I don’t know what was better, what the Giants’ Victor Cruz did for the Pinto family of Newtown, or what Tom Coughlin said about his star wide receiver.
“Incredibly proud of what he’s done. That family will remember that all their days. The fact that he went and did that speaks volumes about what he has inside.”
Cruz, by the way, attended Paterson Catholic High School in New Jersey…
Happy New Year!