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Alumni Awards: Founders' Cup

It's time again for The Founders' Cup Award Nominations. The Founders' Cup Award is sponsored by the Alumni Association in recognition of MKA's strong tradition of teaching excellence, dating back to 1887. The award will be presented to an outstanding faculty member who is most representative of the best qualities of MKA teaching. The Alumni Association welcomes nominations for The Founders' Cup Award from all members of the MKA family (students, parents, alumni, administration and faculty). Past recipients of the award are:

2007 Sonia Tyson             Primary School Spanish

2006 Lynn Salehi

Middle School History
2005 Barbara DuRant  Primary School Art
2004 Geoffrey Branigan  Upper School History
2003 Laura Lemaire  Middle School 4th Grade
2002 J. C. Svec  Upper School Fine & Performing Arts
2001 Donna Blanes  Primary School 1st Grade
2000 George E. Berry III  Upper School English
1999 Ken Bishe  Middle School History
1998 Linda Stark  Middle School English
1997 Karen Newman  Upper School English
1996 George Hrab  Upper School Science
1995 Pat Parke  Primary School 2nd Grade
1994 Ken Gibson  Upper School History
1993 Helen Faulkner  Middle School Math

CRITERIA FOR NOMINATION

The purpose of The Founders' Cup Award is to recognize high-caliber teaching in and outside the classroom. Nominees for the award must demonstrate many of the following characteristics and/or have made a significant contribution to MKA during the past year.

  • Teaching excellence, including classroom teaching, good rapport with students, and a high level of scholarship (in the form of additional formal or informal education).
  • Cooperation with other faculty members, sharing and using novel ideas that improve teaching or school performance.
  • Activities and contributions outside the classroom, including mentoring.
  • Effective communication with parents.
  • Productive innovation and risk-taking in and out of the classroom.
  • Consistency and continuity of excellence.
  • Overall contribution to the MKA family.

    ELIGIBILITY

    To be eligible for the award, each nominee:
    1. Must be a full-time MKA faculty member currently teaching a full-time or part-time course load (at least 50% of their time must be devoted to teaching).
    2. Must have already completed, prior to the award year, three full years of teaching at MKA.
    3. Cannot be re-nominated for five years after winning the award.



    • TO NOMINATE A CANDIDATE:

    I nominate the following MKA teacher for the Founders' Cup Award:
    Teacher:
    Grade/Subject:

    This faculty member embodies the best qualities of MKA's teaching excellence in the following ways:


    Your Name:

    Student (Grade ) Faculty/Administration
    Alumnus/a Parent

    Parents Name:
    (required for students in grades K - 8)

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