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Marge Christensen Gould
Marge Christensen Gould named to USA TODAY's
All USA First Teacher Team 2000 - Click
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Marge Christensen Gould receives the U of
A/76-Circle K 2000-2001
Teacher of the Year award at McKale
Center, University of Arizona
Named to
the All
USA First Teacher Team 2000 – (Sponsored by USA
Today and 5 major
education organizations, including NEA, and NASSP, this award honors the top 20 teachers
in the nation, who represent all outstanding teachers in the U.S. We were all featured in
articles covering about 4 pages in USA
Today on Oct. 12th,
2000. At the Awards Banquet, held in
Arlington, VA, on Oct. 13, 2000, we were each presented with a beautiful trophy and a
$2500 check for our school.
Selected as one of Arizona’s
Outstanding Educators
by the Phoenix
Suns and America West Airlines.
Was be honored at a Phoenix Suns game on Friday, April 13, 2001. At
the game, I was honored by the Phoenix Suns Hall of Famer, Connie Hawkins, and the
Suns’ Gorilla in a pre-game , center court presentation. I received 30 game tickets
for students and teachers, and a round trip airline voucher to any destination in
continental US that America West Airlines flies.
Selected as a
Teacher of the Year for the 76/Circle K Outstanding Faculty Awards Program.
Honored at U of A /Stanford Game on Jan. 6, and will be presented a
plaque by representatives from the University of Arizona and 76/CircleK in a pre-game ceremony. Featured
on a 76/Circle K poster displayed in stores, high schools, and the U of A. Also featured on KOLD TV and highlighted in the newspaper. Named
Teacher of the Year at a dinner reception at the Marriott University Park Hotel, on March
2, 2001, honoring the 9 finalists. Received a check for $1000 for our school, and received
a commemorative ring.
Our LEARN Center received the 2000
ASBA Golden Bell Award, (1st place for category
9-12)
at luncheon on Dec. 14, at the Doubletree Paradise
Valley Resort in Scottsdale. Sponsored by the
Arizona School Board Association, this award symbolizes quality in education and honors
standards of program excellence that encourage leadership in curriculum development.This
year, ASBA received 65 outstanding entries from 29 different districts.
Recognized at Tucson City
Council Meeting on Nov. 13, and presented a copper plaque
with letter of appreciation engraved on copper and mounted on wood, by Mayor Bob Walkup.
Herman Gould
Herman Gould with the "It Takes a Village
Award", presented
by the University
of Arizona College of Education
Dr. Herman Gould was honored recently at the
University of Arizona College of Education, as an outstanding school volunteer. The "It
Takes a Village Award," was presented to four outstanding volunteers in
Tucson's schools during the hooding ceremony for doctoral and master's degree candidates.
Since moving to Tucson, Herman has been volunteering in literacy and
workplace skills classes for at-risk high school students at Catalina High Magnet School.
Because of the connection between vision and
learning, he wrote and was awarded a $10,000 grant from the Pearle Vision Foundation to
provide eye examinations and glasses to students living in poverty. He has conducted
vision screening on 224 students, 101 of whom have received vouchers for eye examinations
and glasses. Herman and Marge and their non-profit organization are now pursuing a
larger grant to extend the project to 750 additional needy students at the school.
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