Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Meet Haverford Middle School's choir teacher who recently helped the school's choir, 7th Heaven, achieve second place in B101's Christmas choir competition.
Haverford-Havertown Patch is featuring great area teachers who deserve some spotlight. Teachers give a lot to their students, schools and studies and we'd like to recognize them and say a simple, thank you, for all that they do. Though this is her first year at Haverford Middle School, this music teacher has already been in the spotlight, helping the school's choir, 7th Heaven, achieve second place in B101's Christmas choir competition. B101 recently visited the school to present the choir with a check and trophy for placing second in the competition. Name: Jackie Serratore School: Haverford Middle School Grade/Subject: Grades 6-8/Choral Music Years in the Industry: Seven years teaching, first year in Haverford School District. Teaching …
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
This Haverford Middle School teacher has been in the industry for 11 years and shares her passion of geography to middle school students.
Haverford-Havertown Patch is featuring great area teachers who deserve some spotlight. Teachers give a lot to their students, schools and studies and we'd like to recognize them and say a simple, thank you, for all that they do. This educator has been in the industry for 11 years, spreading her passion for middle school geography. Name: Mary Clouse School: Haverford Middle School Grade/Subject: 8th Grade/Geography Years in the Industry: 11 years Teaching Background: Bachelor's in Secondary Social Studies from West Chester University; Master's in Educational Leadership from Saint Joesph's University. What do you like most about your job? The staff and students! The staff are amazing to work with here at Haverford Middle School. The most …
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Meet Haverford-Havertown Patch's Whiz Kid of the week Shirina Braun, who created a website through which she sells her own original artwork and donates the proceeds to the fight to cure Alzheimer's.
Haverford-Havertown Patch is seeking suggestions from readers for individual kids, youth groups, teens, and even sports teams that wow us with their accomplishments. This week, we highlight high school student Shirina Braun. Whiz Kid's Name: Shirina Braun Whiz Kid's Age: 15 years old Whiz Kid's School: Haverford High School Whiz Kid's Accomplishment: In 2008, a year after her grandmother passed away from Alzheimer's disease, Shirina Braun took action and started her own charitable foundation called Art4Alzheimer's. She created a website through which she sells her own original artwork and donates the proceeds to the fight to cure Alzheimer's. Now a high school sophomore, Braun has brought her foundation into her school and started the …
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
This Haverford Middle School teacher has dedicated her career to teaching students in special education.
Haverford-Havertown Patch is featuring great area teachers who deserve some spotlight. Teachers give a lot to their students, schools and studies and we'd like to recognize them and say a simple, thank you, for all that they do. What started off as a Christmas wish has become this teacher's career. Name: Ashley Doyle School: Haverford Middle School Grade/Subject: 7th and 8th Grade Intensive Learning Support/Special Education Years in the Industry: Fourth year (Have been at HMS since the start of my teaching career). Teaching Background: I grew up in Bucks County and went to school in the Central Bucks School District. I attended the University of Delaware as a "fighting blue hen" from 2005-2009. While I was in college I was the president …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Meet this Cardinal John Foley Regional Catholic School teacher who has dedicated her career teaching in Catholic schools.
Haverford-Havertown Patch is featuring great teachers in the Haverford-Havertown area who deserve some spotlight. Teachers give a lot to their students, schools and studies and we'd like to recognize them and say a simple, thank you, for all that they do. This teacher has dedicated her 11-year teaching career in Catholic schools. Name: Lara Croy School: Cardinal John Foley Regional Catholic School Grade/Subject: Third Grade Years in the Industry: 11 years Teaching Background: I spent my entire teaching career in catholic schools, and I've loved every minute of it. I started my career at St. Mark's Catholic School in Bristol. I moved to Annunciation BVM in Havertown in 2003 to be closer to home. When I had my second daughter, I decided to …
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Meet Haverford-Havertown Patch's Whiz Kid of the week Renee Verdi, who is being recognized for her excellent work on a recent Language Arts project.
Haverford-Havertown Patch is seeking suggestions from readers for individual kids, youth groups, teens, and even sports teams that wow us with their accomplishments. This week, we highlight seventh-grade student Renee Verdi who did excellent work in a recent Language Arts project. Renee participated in a Language Arts assignment in Jason Finn's class. The assignment was to boil a fairytale down to five freeze frames. Jason Finn would turn out the lights and the team would do a freeze frame. He would then turn the light on to see the frame and so on for all five frames. The project was called Lights On/Lights Off. Haverford Middle School Principal Daniel Horan wrote the following recommendation on Renee: Whiz Kid's Age: 12 Whiz Kid's …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Meet this Coopertown Elementary school teacher who has been teaching for nearly 25 years now.
Haverford-Havertown Patch is featuring great area teachers who deserve some spotlight. Teachers give a lot to their students, schools and studies and we'd like to recognize them and say a simple, thank you, for all that they do. This teacher has been in the industry for nearly 25 years, honing and teaching the young minds at Coopertown Elementary. Name: Nancy Scanlon School: Coopertown Elementary School Grade/Subject: First Grade Years in the Industry: Nearly 25 years. Teaching Background: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Masters in Education, PA Reading Specialist Certification. What do you like most about your job? There cannot be anything like teaching children. When a child has that breakthrough moment of recognizing a word, reading …
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Meet Haverford-Havertown Patch's Whiz Kid of the week Samantha Prager, who is also the student representative for the Haverford School Board
Haverford-Havertown Patch is seeking suggestions from readers for individual kids, youth groups, teens, and even sports teams that wow us with their accomplishments. This week, we highlight high school senior Samantha Prager. Michele E. Daniszewski, Haverford High School math teacher and department chair, wrote the following recommendation on Samantha: "Samantha is a very respectful and motivated student who works persistently toaccomplish her goals. She eagerly accepts challenges and is motivated to succeed. She alwayshas a positive attitude. She possesses a great deal of maturity, and is respected by her peers andfaculty. Samantha’s performance in my classes was consistently outstanding both academicallyand socially. She interacted well…
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Meet this Lynnewood Elementary School teacher who knew she was born to be a teacher.
Haverford-Havertown Patch is featuring great teachers in the Haverford-Havertown area who deserve some spotlight. Teachers give a lot to their students, schools and studies and we'd like to recognize them and say a simple, thank you, for all that they do. This teacher has been in the industry for 38 years, and knew that she was born to be a teacher. Name: Barbara Epstein School: Lynnewood Elementary School Grade/Subject: Elementary Itinerant Learning Support for language arts and math. I work in a co-teaching push in model and I pull children out of class in small groups. Years in the Industry: 38 Teacher Background: I grew up in Reading and received degrees from Penn State. I completed my +30 at Temple. I have been married for 33 years …
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Meet this Cardinal John Foley Regional Catholic School teacher who has a passion for math.
Haverford-Havertown Patch is featuring great teachers in the Haverford-Havertown area who deserve some spotlight. Teachers give a lot to their students, schools and studies and we'd like to recognize them and say a simple, thank you, for all that they do. From working in research to cardiac rehab, this math teacher followed her heart and has been teaching for 16 years. Name: Diane Giordano School: Cardinal John Foley Regional Catholic School Grade/Subject: Grades 4-8/Honors Math Years in the Industry: 16 Teaching Background: I started teaching honors math to fourth through eighth graders at St. Gabriel’s School in Norwood in 1997. After teaching there for a few years, I took the honors math position at Annunciation BVM School in Havertown…
Susan Barbella
8:50 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Congratulations, Shirina! We are happy to see you receive this acknowledgement for all your good works. Love, The Barbellas more ›