2010 - 2011 ANNUAL REPORT - Rowland Hall

END OF YEAR FACULTY AWARDS
Congratulations to the following teachers who have received awards this
spring for outstanding service to their profession and to the school.
The Sumner Family Faculty Awards are given each year to outstanding
faculty members in each division who have demonstrated a love for teaching
and excellence in their fields. It is an award given by a family who has shown
an unparalleled commitment to the school for three generations. The award
symbolizes the Sumner family’s high regard for the faculty. Congratulations
to the 2010-2011 recipients of the Sumner Family Faculty Awards:
Beginning School: Lisa Williams, 4PreK Assistant Teacher
Lower School: Sarah Button, 5th Grade Teacher
Middle School: Sofia Gorder, Dance Teacher
Upper School: Ben Smith, Upper School Technology,
Graphic Design and Photography Teacher
Dr. Carolyn Hickman
The Cary Jones Faculty
Mentor Award was
established through an
anonymous gift to the school
in honor of Mr. Jones’
dedication to the faculty
when he was a trustee and
chair of the Board. This year
Rowland Hall proudly honors
Dr. Carolyn Hickman for
demonstrating excellence in
the classroom and service
to the entire Rowland Hall
community with the Cary
Jones Faculty Mentor Award.
The Marquardt Award was established this year through a generous
gift from Bob Marquardt, father of three boys who attended
Rowland Hall and a long-time trustee and Board chair. This gift to
our endowment will annually fund an extraordinary professional
development opportunity to benefit the school as a whole, proposed
by a faculty member.
The Marquardt Award for
the 2010-2011 school year
was awarded to Upper School
Physics teacher Robin Hori
who proposed, and will receive
funding from the Marquardt
Award for an innovative project
that will introduce Upper School
students to the field of robotics.
In his proposal he wrote,
“Initially, robotics would start Robin Hori
off as an after school activity
and develop into a trimester course and, possibly, into a yearlong,
advanced science elective. The curriculum will be from the
Robotics Academy developed by Carnegie Mellon University and
students will develop a basic understanding of robotics hardware
and software through experimentation. They would then build a
robot and write a program for the robot to complete a specific task.
As the students develop a deeper understanding of robotics and
programming, robot design and programming will become more
complex.” Congratulations and thank you to Robin.
According to Head of School Alan Sparrow, “In its inaugural
year, we received five excellent proposals from faculty – all very
different, yet valuable – and each worthy of funding. We thank Bob
Marquardt for this creative and generous gift to the school that will
give back so much to our students.”
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