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Show t "". ' New L'tah - Thursday, September Alpine District honors Cathy Jolley, choral music teacher at Timberline Middle School, is Alpine School District "Teacher of the Year," and was one of five finalists in the state competition. Elizabeth Ges-sel, Ges-sel, representing Mountain View High School, is runner-up. Other nominees for the honor were Karen Bodily, teaching eighth grade English Eng-lish at Oak Canyon Junior High School; Glen West-broek, West-broek, science teacher at Orem Junior High School; Paul Johansen, Pleasant Grove High School mathematics mathe-matics teacher, and Val Walker, Mountain Ridge .Junior High School department depart-ment chairperson. Jolley has taught choral music for 14 years, teaching at American Fork Junior High School and Mountain Ridge Junior High School before transferring to Timberline Tim-berline this year. She has been a guest choral clinician in Ansbach, Germany, and won the "Viva Voce" Women's Choral Competition in 2003, just to mention two recent honors. Voted Best Teacher of the Year by American Fork Junior High School students stu-dents in 1994, she was also the district runner-up Teacher of the Year in 1996. "I feel as a teacher I teach young people not music," she says. "Learning music is important but should not be at the expense of students. If I can teach my students to be responsible, caring and contributing con-tributing members of society, socie-ty, then I have succeeded." A letter written by former for-mer student, Chemise Fox, stated, "I contacted many former students of Mrs. Jolley Jol-ley asking them to give their opinion on what makes Mrs. Jolley the incredible teacher she is. I listed the qualities that each person named and later compared the lists.. ..every student listed the quality of love. She loves her students, and she loves what she does.. .Mrs. Jolley works miracles that indubitably merit the 'Teacher of the Year'award." "Mrs. Jolley works with well over 400 students each day," said Terry Hill, principal princi-pal at the newly opened Timberline Middle School. "Each of her students come to realize they are not just a number of individual voices singing together but rather one choir with one purpose. Cathy Jolley is a master among master teachers. She is dedicated and determined deter-mined in her role as teacher with an expansive knowledge knowl-edge of her subject areas." Elizabeth Gessel, runner-up runner-up for the district "Teacher of the Year" award, teaches English at Mountain View High School, and has been with Alpine District for 13 years. To understand Elizabeth and her success you have to know that she loves her students, stu-dents, her nomination says. She wants only the very best for them and she has resolved to make every day in her classroom a great one. Her principal wrote, "Elizabeth Gessel is a very talented, creative and tire f RSH PICKS of the SEftSOn 25, 2(K)3 - Page 16 less educator. She is trusted and admired by her peers, students, parents and administrators. She represents repre-sents the very best that a professional educator should be." Parent Natalie Burr wrote "Perhaps the most incredible thing about Elizabeth Eliz-abeth is that she has had serious health problems over the past few years, but her love for the students and for teaching transcended transcend-ed these problems. "Some days she would have to use a walker or a cane to get around, some days she would use crutches and some days a wheelchair, wheel-chair, and some days she wouldn't get around at all. She would just sit in a soft chair, in front of her classroom class-room all day.and teach, but she seldom missed a day. "I know from personal experience the only reason Elizabeth Gessel teaches is because she truly loves the students and wants to share with them everything she possibly can, hoping that it will enrich their lives in some way. She is an awesome awe-some teacher." Paul Johansen, Pleasant Grove High School teacher, has taught mathematics for nine years, and has responsibility respon-sibility for the AP calculus program. In the last four years the percentage of his calculus students earning a 5, the highest score, on the exam has ranged from 92 to 96 percent. His students have placed first at the last two Snow College math contests. con-tests. "My greatest rewards come from the positive responses of my students," he said. "I love to see them accomplish things that they did not think they could do. It is rewarding to hear them say that they now understand under-stand math better than ever." Val Walker represented Mountain Ridge Junior High School and for the last 11 years has served as department chairperson. "Val catches the vision," said his principal, Paula Fugal. "I wanted to a little spirit thing for the kids. He quietly listened to the idea, captured the vision and devised a wonderful tool. He creates a future for students." stu-dents." When asked about what gives him satisfaction in teaching, he wrote, "I know that there are a great many students who have a difficult diffi-cult time succeeding and feeling a part of the academic aca-demic programs in school. Many of these students have found interests and skills in my program, which gives them the ability to find success in their lives." Glen Westbroek teaches science at Orem Junior High School and is described by his peers as "one of the finest science educators in the State of Utah." His former principal, Pam Hallam, said during the time she served as his principal, she "had the privilege priv-ilege of watching Glen excite students to the lifelong life-long skill of learning. Glen is a master teacher with a gift of working with junior Peaches, All Varieties of Apples, Local Watermelon, Pumpkins Cantaloupe, Bartlett Pears, Sweet Corn, Squash Summer & Zucchini), Cucumbers, Green Peppers, New Red Potatoes. 756-2882 HOUXS: 10-6 teachers high students." Westbroek teaches workshops work-shops statewide and presents pres-ents at many conferences. "Glen's energy level and commitment to his students antl the school is unsurpassed," unsur-passed," Steve Stewart, his present principal said. "While busy in his own classroom, he never turns down a request of another teacher for help." Karen Bodily teaches eighth grade English at Oak Canyon Junior High School. She has been a member of the Alpine District Dis-trict Instructional Services Department, supervising the gifted and talented program. pro-gram. She has also taught at Lindon Elementary School for seven years and Orem Elementary School for eight years. "Karen is everything a teacher should be," said Principal Paul Olsen. "She is dedicated to students and the profession. She has the ability to reach all learners from gifted students to children chil-dren that have learning disabilities. dis-abilities. She holds high expectations for all students stu-dents but gives them the support, encouragement and classroom environments environ-ments to succeed." "I believe the greatest gifts a teacher can give is to help students build positive self esteem, a love of learning learn-ing and a sense of belonging. belong-ing. I endorse President Bush's statement,. When it comes to the education of our children, failure is not an option,'" she said. 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