Jennifer Kretser ’98 (New England, MS) was honored with one of the 2019 Environmental Excellence Awards. She received the Alumni Award, which is given to an alumna or alumnus who has made outstanding contributions to the sustainability of the environment through professional or personal action. Sy Montgomery, a naturalist, author, and scriptwriter, was the recipient of the Community Award. The Environmental Excellence Awards are presented annually by New England’s Environmental Studies Department.
Kate Sipe ’02
What if classrooms were envisioned as a small democracy? What if our students practiced democracy in their classroom year after year? Further, what if they knew they deserved it? Kate Sipe, ’02, Antioch University Seattle MA in Education with Graduate Teacher Preparation and an adjunct faculty who teaches Classroom Management courses, published a timely post in Medium in the wake of the 2020 Presidential election about the importance of democratic schools and teaching civics to our children: “Psst… Hey teachers… Let’s teach civics in our classrooms every single day.” Start today. Start small. Just start. Let your classroom be a microcosm