ESOL Teacher Cindy Rogers Honored as 2007 - 08
Lower School Daniel-Mickel Foundation Master Teacher

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"Let your light shine" was the theme of the Fourth Grade Recognition ceremony held on Monday morning, May 28, in the Chapel of the Good Shepherd. At its conclusion, as teary-eyed parents looked on from the pews, fourth-graders processed from the chapel, each one carrying a lit candle taper signifying their own "special light" ignited in their years at the Lower School.

It was fitting, in this context, that the ceremony began with recognition of a special teacher who has helped kindle the sparks of understanding not only among her students, but also among her fellow teachers.

Headmaster Lee Cox and Daniel-Mickel Foundation representative Charles Mickel presented the 2007-08 Lower School Master Teacher Award to a very surprised Cindy Rogers, who teaches English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). The recognition comes with a monetary award of $2,500.

A 22-year teaching veteran, Rogers has been teaching for nine years at CCES. In 2004 she was awarded a Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Fellowship and travelled to Japan for three weeks as an "ambassador of understanding" between the U.S. and Japan.

Assistant Lower School Director Valerie Riddle says of Mrs. Rogers, "She has such a beautiful way of incorporating parts of the culture of other countries into her own life. Cindy constantly brings to mind the 'international' theme. She helps us see things from other perspectives and be more inclusive in our teaching and our actions. She serves as a bridge for many cultures and nationalities, and she does it with style and grace. She constantly connects us with her students, their parents, their similarities and differences. She has a way of honoring and respecting differences rather than judging them."

Please join us in congratulating Master Teacher Cindy Rogers on receiving this honor. Look for a more in-depth profile of her in the next issue of Highlights.