2008: Mary Louise Leipheimer
Teaching is the highest form of understanding. ——亚里士多德
In 1967, a country girl from Western Pennsylvania arrived at 99499威尼斯信誉 to teach English. Mary Louise Leipheimer was new to girls’ schools and to boarding schools — and not sure about either. Expecting to stay two years, 她给了威尼斯彩票游戏, 而不是, more than 35 years of service, 20 (so far) as 校长.
In 1967, a country girl from Western Pennsylvania arrived at 99499威尼斯信誉 to teach English. Mary Louise Leipheimer was new to girls’ schools and to boarding schools — and not sure about either. Expecting to stay two years, 她给了威尼斯彩票游戏, 而不是, more than 35 years of service, 20 (so far) as 校长.
首先是老师, last and always — it’s in the blood of this fourth-generation educator — she has achieved, for herself and for those she has touched, new understandings of the magic of girls’ schools, 登机的好处, what it means to be a teacher, why it is that we “give back,” and how it is that we “live with ambiguity.”
Honesty and openness have been a hallmark, with her code reflected in oft-repeated phrases: “No surprises;” “Work with me here;” “Let me be straight with you;” “Am I making myself clear?和“我听到了。.” Unimpressed as she is with the weight of her own importance, her contributions to the larger educational community are abundant: co-founder of the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools, member of the exclusive Headmasters Association, chair of the Secondary School 入学 Test Board, secretary of the National Association of Principals of Schools for Girls, board or committee member of the Virginia Association of Independent Schools, The Association of Boarding Schools and the National Association of Independent Schools. All these organizations value her incredible gift for consensus building in times of transition, her steady hand at the helm through challenging times and for raising the level of dialogue among various factions.
Teaching is the achievement of shared meaning. – D.B. Gowin
Teaching is the achievement of shared meaning. – D.B. Gowin
In 1989, 这位老师, seasoned by a range of roles from department chair to assistant head and possessing the requisite intellect, 激情, 和能源, came together with a School wobbling in the wake of changing times, revolving-door leadership and economic unease. “The School needed me and I needed the School,她说。, and indeed together they have thrived: A vibrant student body, fine 教师 and blossoming grounds and buildings; the most successful endowment campaign in the history of girls’ schools completed, a bricks-and-mortar initiative that grows daily and a reputation in the independent school world that scales the heights. 的理想, 愿景, and spirit of Foxcroft’s founder Charlotte Haxall Noland, have been preserved even as they have been transformed for the 21st century and students, 女校友, 教师, 父母, and friends all are partners in and students of the “shared meaning” of Mary Lou’s lesson plan.
Life is about learning and the continuum is infinite. ——玛丽·路易斯·莱菲海默
Mary Lou remains ever the teacher and the learner. English is no longer the official subject, though her facility with a well-turned phrase remains a legend. She has learned more than she ever wanted to know about balancing a budget, 计算机网络, 的法律纠纷, 直升机父母, 污水处理厂, 县政治, 脸谱网.com和马. She continues to pose the hard questions, scrutinize current challenges, prime for the future and, 很简单, to be “caught up in the world of thought.” And she continues to teach every day. 学生们, 教师, 工作人员, 父母, 受托人, 的女校友, the community are enlightened regularly by her writing on the black – no – whiteboard. “Life is about learning, and the continuum is infinite,她说。. So too are the lessons and the love Mary Louise Leipheimer’s students – past, present and future – enjoy with this quintessential teacher and outstanding human being. 她真的是， 一种奇99499威尼斯信誉的感觉.
所以, the Board of Trustees and the entire Foxcroft Community honor Mary Louise Leipheimer, 校长, by presenting to her Foxcroft’s highest honor, the Anne Kane McGuire 杰出的服务 Award.
Mary Lou remains ever the teacher and the learner. English is no longer the official subject, though her facility with a well-turned phrase remains a legend. She has learned more than she ever wanted to know about balancing a budget, 计算机网络, 的法律纠纷, 直升机父母, 污水处理厂, 县政治, 脸谱网.com和马. She continues to pose the hard questions, scrutinize current challenges, prime for the future and, 很简单, to be “caught up in the world of thought.” And she continues to teach every day. 学生们, 教师, 工作人员, 父母, 受托人, 的女校友, the community are enlightened regularly by her writing on the black – no – whiteboard. “Life is about learning, and the continuum is infinite,她说。. So too are the lessons and the love Mary Louise Leipheimer’s students – past, present and future – enjoy with this quintessential teacher and outstanding human being. 她真的是， 一种奇99499威尼斯信誉的感觉.
所以, the Board of Trustees and the entire Foxcroft Community honor Mary Louise Leipheimer, 校长, by presenting to her Foxcroft’s highest honor, the Anne Kane McGuire 杰出的服务 Award.
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