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Fleury Receives Eyth Chair
On Thursday, February 17 at the winter faculty and staff meeting, Nancy Fleury, first grade team leader, was named the fifth recipient of the Howard C. "Dutch" Eyth Endowed Teaching Chair. She was further surprised by the 18 family members who congratulated her onstage.
Headmaster Charlie Britton's remarks follow.
This evening I have the privilege to announce a new recipient of The Howard C. "Dutch" Eyth Endowed Teaching Chair. Prior recipients have included Des Corcoran, Dave Harley, Jeff Sanborn and Andy Motsko. In all, McDonogh is grateful to have six endowed teaching chairs. These moments when our colleagues are honored publicly are meaningful times. It is an honor to be a part of tonight's announcement.
Endowed teaching chairs recognize great teaching as well as commitment to the McDonogh community. Recipients hold the chairs for three years and in each of those years receive a stipend, which is over and above their salary.
The educator we honor today distinguished herself as being exceptional as far back as 1981 – almost thirty years ago! At the time, she had just completed her student teaching in kindergarten at the Ruby F. Carver Elementary School in Henrico County, Virginia. Her supervising teacher, Patricia Burke, wrote in high praise of her. Adjusted for changes in time and place, those words remain true today. Ms. Burke wrote, “This is the best student teacher I have had in my many years of having student teachers. She excels in all areas. She has a warm, encouraging, and extremely positive manner with the children and a real enthusiasm for teaching. She is extremely well-organized and very creative. She is very poised and has demonstrated good control with a most difficult group of children. She seems to intuitively know the best way to handle each child. She is already an excellent teacher.”
A freshly-minted college graduate, she came to McDonogh’s Lower School in September 1982 to substitute teach. Six months later, Lower School Head Robert Littell wrote to Headmaster Bill Mules, “She appears to be the strongest rookie candidate I’ve ever seen.” Later that same month, she signed a contract to teach in the Lower School beginning in September 1983. Her grade level assignment was uncertain at the time. Undaunted, this young teacher wrote, “You can depend on me to be a dedicated and competent addition to your teaching staff.”
We have depended on her for many things ever since, and she has proven herself to be extraordinarily dedicated and so-much-more than competent! That uncertain grade level assignment turned out to be second grade, where she taught for seven exceptional years. In 1988, Bill Mules wrote, “There is strong praise for her work. She exhibits the qualities of a master teacher although she is only beginning her career.”
Another career -- motherhood -- began for this teacher in 2001. She decided to move to a part-time position in the Lower School, but somehow, still taught science to every student in every grade! She accomplished this in a shared space beneath the Kiplinger stacks which everyone called “The Pink Room.” In 1997, she moved to a bigger, brighter space where Moreland Auditorium had been. There, as a full-time teacher once again, she taught science to six grade levels, thirty-three classes per week, until the spring of 2001. After a happy hiatus of five years, she returned to us in 2006 as a part-time reading specialist. Two years later, she joined our talented team of first grade teachers, and we hope to retain her in first grade for some time to come.
Those of us who have had the privilege of knowing this fine teacher for a while admire her many talents and capabilities, but also recall the tremendous personal strength and courage she displayed when her husband Mark died in a tragic car accident in December 1995. Devastated by the enormity of this loss, this young mother of two gradually rebuilt her life and theirs. Typically, she gave much of the credit to others. She wrote, “Throughout this very difficult year, I have found strength and courage through the prayers and encouragement of so many wonderful people. I count the McDonogh community among my greatest blessings.”
Now the loving wife of Gerard and dedicated mother of Ryan, Heather, Charlie, and Natalie, this remarkable woman must be counted among the McDonogh’s community’s greatest blessings. It is my pleasure to announce that the “Dutch” Eyth Endowed Teaching Chair is awarded to Nancy Fleury.
On Thursday, February 17 at the winter faculty and staff meeting, Nancy Fleury, first grade team leader, was named the fifth recipient of the Howard C. "Dutch" Eyth Endowed Teaching Chair. She was further surprised by the 18 family members who congratulated her onstage.
Headmaster Charlie Britton's remarks follow.
This evening I have the privilege to announce a new recipient of The Howard C. "Dutch" Eyth Endowed Teaching Chair. Prior recipients have included Des Corcoran, Dave Harley, Jeff Sanborn and Andy Motsko. In all, McDonogh is grateful to have six endowed teaching chairs. These moments when our colleagues are honored publicly are meaningful times. It is an honor to be a part of tonight's announcement.
Endowed teaching chairs recognize great teaching as well as commitment to the McDonogh community. Recipients hold the chairs for three years and in each of those years receive a stipend, which is over and above their salary. The educator we honor today distinguished herself as being exceptional as far back as 1981 – almost thirty years ago! At the time, she had just completed her student teaching in kindergarten at the Ruby F. Carver Elementary School in Henrico County, Virginia. Her supervising teacher, Patricia Burke, wrote in high praise of her. Adjusted for changes in time and place, those words remain true today. Ms. Burke wrote, “This is the best student teacher I have had in my many years of having student teachers. She excels in all areas. She has a warm, encouraging, and extremely positive manner with the children and a real enthusiasm for teaching. She is extremely well-organized and very creative. She is very poised and has demonstrated good control with a most difficult group of children. She seems to intuitively know the best way to handle each child. She is already an excellent teacher.”
A freshly-minted college graduate, she came to McDonogh’s Lower School in September 1982 to substitute teach. Six months later, Lower School Head Robert Littell wrote to Headmaster Bill Mules, “She appears to be the strongest rookie candidate I’ve ever seen.” Later that same month, she signed a contract to teach in the Lower School beginning in September 1983. Her grade level assignment was uncertain at the time. Undaunted, this young teacher wrote, “You can depend on me to be a dedicated and competent addition to your teaching staff.”
We have depended on her for many things ever since, and she has proven herself to be extraordinarily dedicated and so-much-more than competent! That uncertain grade level assignment turned out to be second grade, where she taught for seven exceptional years. In 1988, Bill Mules wrote, “There is strong praise for her work. She exhibits the qualities of a master teacher although she is only beginning her career.”
Another career -- motherhood -- began for this teacher in 2001. She decided to move to a part-time position in the Lower School, but somehow, still taught science to every student in every grade! She accomplished this in a shared space beneath the Kiplinger stacks which everyone called “The Pink Room.” In 1997, she moved to a bigger, brighter space where Moreland Auditorium had been. There, as a full-time teacher once again, she taught science to six grade levels, thirty-three classes per week, until the spring of 2001. After a happy hiatus of five years, she returned to us in 2006 as a part-time reading specialist. Two years later, she joined our talented team of first grade teachers, and we hope to retain her in first grade for some time to come.
Those of us who have had the privilege of knowing this fine teacher for a while admire her many talents and capabilities, but also recall the tremendous personal strength and courage she displayed when her husband Mark died in a tragic car accident in December 1995. Devastated by the enormity of this loss, this young mother of two gradually rebuilt her life and theirs. Typically, she gave much of the credit to others. She wrote, “Throughout this very difficult year, I have found strength and courage through the prayers and encouragement of so many wonderful people. I count the McDonogh community among my greatest blessings.”
Now the loving wife of Gerard and dedicated mother of Ryan, Heather, Charlie, and Natalie, this remarkable woman must be counted among the McDonogh’s community’s greatest blessings. It is my pleasure to announce that the “Dutch” Eyth Endowed Teaching Chair is awarded to Nancy Fleury.