Lyons Township High School Spanish teacher JoEllen Gregie was invited to serve as an Advanced Placement Reader at this year’s annual College Board AP Reading. All exams contain multiple-choice and free-response questions, either essay or problem solving, that provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate their mastery of rigorous, college-level coursework. Gregie has taught at LTHS for 15 years.
In June, nearly 12,500 college faculty and AP teachers from around the world will gather in select locations to evaluate and score about 18 million free-response answers. This careful evaluation of students’ work is one of the most important aspects of the AP Program. The AP evaluation and scoring process reflects the high standards of faculty members who, by virtue of their experience and expertise, have appropriate student performance expectations within their respective disciplines.
Lyons Township High School physical education teacher and boys’ varsity swim coach Scott Walker was recently named a nominee for Positive Coaching Alliance's Double-Goal Coach Award, given annually to youth and high school coaches who pursue winning and teaching life lessons through sports.
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Walker is a candidate for one of 25 national honors that include $250; a trophy; mention in PCA's publicity campaigns; and the chance to accept the award in California during PCA's National Youth Sports Awards Dinner. PCA will announce 50 finalists on February 18 and 25 winners on
March 4.
The Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) is a national non-profit developing "Better Athletes, Better People" by working to provide all youth and high school athletes a positive, character-building sports experience. One way PCA does this is by holding up as examples the nation's outstanding youth coaches.
