Mr. Telford presented the Verbesey Award for Excellence in Education to Ms. Ashley Flynn of the Mathematics Department. This $10,000 award, given annually by Mr. Herbert Verbesey and in memory of the late Tess Verbesey, was established to reward a teacher who has a record of contagious enthusiasm for classroom teaching, and who stimulates extraordinary accomplishments in students according to their abilities, builds students’ desire to learn, and treats students with dignity and respect. |