Seven
EMU alums are under consideration for the next round of practicing
teacher MCOATT awards, which will be announced in early September.
The
Cleveland (OH) schools have reported that they have hired a dozen
EMU alums for that district in the past five years.
Margaret
Clark Day Onstott `37, aged 96, died recently. Her home was
in Parma. She had a long teaching career in schools in Michigan,
with her most recent experience in Parma and with the Jackson ISD.
She was a very early teacher of special education in Jackson County.
Leonard R. Feist `65, age 74, died recently in Royal Oak. He began
his career in Michigan as a physical education teacher in Madison
Heights. Within a few years he began teaching fifth grade, later
moving to the Warren district where he was a longtime elementary
principal.
Barbara
Saxton `71, `75 has been named the interim Superintendent of
the Saline schools. She replaces Ellen Ewing `82, who is retiring
after eight years.
Nancy
Berkompas `72 is the new superintendent of the Rudyard school
district in Chippewa County.
James
Goebel `75 is the new superintendent for the Bedford schools
in Monroe County.
Shannon
Griffin `98, aged 28, died recently in an auto accident. She
was a special education teacher at Kaiser Elementary School in Willow
Run.
THREE
EMU ALUMS NAMED "DETROIT AREA'S BEST" TEACHERS
Three
of the twelve "Outstanding Teacher Awards" in the 2001
Newsweek-WDIV recognition of "The Detroit Area's Best"
teachers are EMU alums. Those recognized include:
Linda
J. Beaton `71, `73, a first-grade teacher in Memorial Elementary
School, Riverview district, Wayne County.
Anne
W. Grucz `67, `74, a special educator who is a general education
resource teacher at Eastover Elementary School, Bloomfield Hills
district, Oakland County.
Sharon
Moats `76, `77, a seventh-grade mathematics and science teacher
at Seneca Middle School, Chippewa Valley schools, Macomb County.
The
awards are made to recognize educators who have shown initiative,
creativity, and an exceptional degree of professionalism in their
work. The prize comes from a fund established by Newsweek and WDIV
at the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan. Ford Motor
Company recognized the recipients in a recent full-page ad in Newsweek.
