2007: Celeste P. 与

好老师, really good teachers are rare; master teachers are few at best, a phenomenal teacher is a gift. Celeste 与 is a treasure!

四十年来, twenty-two years at 特学校, Celeste has challenged her science students with the highest expectations, with extraordinary knowledge, 通过公开对话, and with genuine interest. Known for their difficulty and rigor, her classes are always full and the accolades are endless:

"I never had a class in medical school as thorough as Mrs. 与's Physiology and Anatomy." - an orthopedic surgeon, Class of '92
"My science courses-all seven of them-with Mrs. 与 were the most influential of all my classes anywhere." - a veterinarian, Class of '92
"Any question gets a thorough answer in Mrs. 与's class; 她 wants us to understand but mostly to be 好奇的." - a current senior
“我的‘B’是我太太给的. 与 is worth more than any 'A' I got at Tufts." - an engineer, Class of '95

Despite these raves, Celeste is never, never satisfied. Always the learner-teacher, 她 continues to study, 研究, to redo her syllabi, and to create new courses. 引人入胜的, 接地, 好奇的, 可用, 知识渊博的, 有才能的, 她, 尽管如此, remains humble and unaffected.

Perhaps this latter trait is the key not only to her success with students but also to her achievements as the Chair of the Science Department. 简单的说, in her nineteen years as the Chair, 她 has revolutionized a staid and underutilized department into a vital, 不堪重负, nationally-known program. 去年, 94 percent of the graduating class took at least four years of science, and 42 percent took more than four years—statistics that far exceed the national average for either gender. Her students are welcome observers in the Neurobiology Laboratory and in the Anatomy Laboratory at the George Washington University Medical Center and in the Plasma Physics Laboratory a Princeton University. And yes, her department colleagues emulate her rigor and creativity. 认证团队, visiting teachers from other schools, 资金基础, 大学, and medical schools — all recognize the quiet strength of Celeste the teacher and of Celeste the department leader.

Teaching for Celeste, however, does not end in her classroom and/or her department. Living in the community of a boarding school, 她 models good citizen, 好邻居, 关心的朋友. The door of her home is as open as that of her classroom to students, to colleagues, and to parents. Encouraging and helpful, never enabling or indulgent, 她 listens willingly, 挑战轻轻, laughs and cries appropriately, and ultimately embodies the School's highest value, the understanding heart. Schools have titled leaders and untitled leaders. Celeste is Foxcroft's latter, soul.

The person least likely to expect and/or to imagine receiving Foxcroft's recognition is Celeste 与. Therein lies her magic. While 她 may not see herself in context, anyone — past or present — who has been touched by her gifts will applaud. Therefore, upon her retirement the Board of Trustees and Mary Louise Leipheimer honor Celeste P. 与 for her outstanding service to education in general and to Foxcroft specifically by presenting to her Foxcroft's highest award, the Anne Kane McGuire Distingui她d Service Award.

2007年4月20日

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