Humanities Teacher of the Year Award Goes to Central's Kipp-Newbold

Anyone who’s ever taken a humanities class with English teacher Rebecca Kipp-Newbold at West Morris Central High School certainly won’t forget it.

And it’s Kipp-Newbold’s approach to the history of arts and humanities inside that classroom, which focuses on integrating students of all academic levels to work together, that earned her the 2014 Humanities Teacher of the Year Award from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.

“Rebecca Kipp-Newbold is Central High School’s exceptional humanities educator,” said Kim Helsel, District Supervisor of English, in a statement. “Every day Mrs. Kipp-Newbold creates such an array of interesting and creative activities for her students that brings enthusiasm and authentic learning to them.”

In just the second year of the humanities program at Central, enrollment doubled in Kipp-Newbold’s class.

“All students deserve to feel the joy and excitement of studying the history of art in a rich, collaborative environment,” Kipp-Newbold said in a statement.

Kipp-Newbold graduated Rutgers University and has a MAT from the College of New Jersey, and has a supervisor certificate from Kean University. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in education at Lehigh University.