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Recognizing the role teachers play in the education of our youth, the Alumni Association established the Teacher Honor Roll in 1999 to honor outstanding educators who are Norwalk High School alumni and who have taught in the Norwalk school system.
A permanent plaque has been erected in the lobby at Norwalk High School where each of the honorees will be enshrined. Induction of honorees takes place during the annual Spring Social.
The Norwalk High School Alumni Association Teacher Honor Roll will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 7, 2010 in St. Peter Lutheran Church Hall at 214 Newtown Ave. The annual Teacher Honor Roll program is one of four sponsored by the NHSAA and like two of the others requires no admission. The other programs are the annual summer picnic at Cranbury Park in July and a Christmas party in the Community Room of City Hall. The fourth event is the Wall of Honor dinner the first Sunday of October for which attendance requires purchase of the dinners.
Retired NHS foreign language chairman Catherine Vigilante, Class of 1948, a previous installee, is chairman of the selection committee.
Honor roll for 4 NHS teachers
Posted on 02/26/2010
NORWALK
By FRANCIS X. FAY JR.
Hour Senior Writer
Four former teachers in the Norwalk school system will be installed on the Norwalk High School Alumni Association Teacher Honor Roll at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 7, in St. Peter Lutheran Church Hall, 214 Newtown Ave.
The quartet includes Margaret Jarvis Holmes Durham, who taught a total of four decades in both the Winnipauk School and the Darien school system. A member of the NHS Class of 1926, she is now in her 102nd year and living in Sarasota, Fla., and will attend the ceremony.
Two members of the Class of 1944 are also being honored -- Eleanor Muro Hegedus of Crockett Street and the late Betty Ann Ritch Smith, formerly of Crest Road. Both devoted their four-decade careers to Rowayton Elementary School students, Hegedus to upper level grades and Smith to primary grades.
Frances Medley Middleton of Clarmore Drive, Class of 1951, directed her 40-year career to the education of Marvin School students. She is the widow of the popular Norwalk Police Officer Alfred "Slo" Middleton.
The annual Teacher Honor Roll program is one of four sponsored by the NHSAA and like two of the others requires no admission fee. Retired teacher Catherine Vigilante, Class of 1948, former chairman of the NHS foreign language department and a previous installee, is chairman of the selection committee.
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Selected were the following:
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2010
Margaret Jarvis Holmes Durham, taught a total of four decades in both the Winnipauk School and the Darien school system. A member of the NHS Class of 1926, she is now in her 102nd year and living in Sarasota, Fla., with relatively good health.
Eleanor Muro Hegedus of Crockett Street and the late Betty Ann Ritch Smith, formerly of Crest Road, both members of the Class of 1944. Both devoted their four- decade careers to Rowayton school students, Hegedus to upper level grades and Smith to primary grades.
Frances Medley Middleton of Clarmore Drive, Class of 1951, directed her 40-year career to the education of Marvin School students. She is the widow of the popular Norwalk Police Officer Alfred "Slo" Middleton.
2009
The 2009 awards went to the following:
Nate "Red" Lipofsky, Class of 1935 (deceased)
Nancy Lenihan, Class of 1940
Alice Zapherson, Class of 1951
Cathy Isenberg Kalner, Class of 1963.
The event for 2009 was held on Sunday, March 8th at St. Peter Lutheran Church, 208 Newtown Ave., Norwalk (opposite Stonybrook Road). To read the Hour article, click here. For photos from the event please click here.
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2008
Five teachers will be added to the Norwalk High School teacher honor roll on Sunday, March 9th at 3:00 p.m. during the annual spring social held at St. Peter Lutheran Church on Newtown Avenue.
The Spring Social is free and open to all alumni. Relatives, friends and former associates and students of the honorees are especially welcome to attend. For more information on the event and the recipients click here. To read the March 3 article by Francis X. Fay, click here.
Ruth Malmquist Craffey, Class of 1957
Mary Alice Fitzgerald, Class of 1957
Judith L. Hinkle, Class of 1963
Michael L. Muro, Class of 1954
Sandra Weed Austin, Class of 1950
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2007
Abbie Savage Campbell, Class of 1924
Jacqueline Watson Dayton, Class of 1953
Linda Brown Forcellina, Class of 1956
Joseph J. Mola, Class of 1957
Heidi Schreiner Godleski, Class of 1961
(see Norwalk Hour Article)
2006
Anthony J. Bossone, Class of 1960
Stephen S. Jarvis, Class of 1961
Mary Louise Kelley, Class of 1934
Marilyn Munchak, Class of 1954
MaryJane C. Pacifico, Class of 1959
2005
Alice K. Cole, Class of 1926
Michael R. Testa, Class of 1947
Annette G. Festa, Class of 1955
John A. Altieri, Class of 1957
Patrick D. Spinola, Class of 1957
2004
Norman J. Nathanson, Class of 1934
Elizabeth M. McMahon, Class of 1936
Doris Gale Mason, Class of 1940
Marilyn V. Spence, Class of 1942
Edward J. Cerulli, Class of 1953
2003
Ruth S. McMahon, Class of 1926
Ruth V. White, Class of 1933
Phyllis Marcus Isenberg, Class of 1935
Richard M. O'Grady, Class of 1944
Jennie B. O'Grady, Class of 1945
2002
Hermine Deliee Hecht, Class of 1926
Muriel Flaherty McGinnis, Class of 1935
Gordon W. Jakob, Class of 1936
Fred Foldeak, Class of 1948
2001
Harriet S. Sherman, Class of 1926
Eleanor C. Fitzgerald, Class of 1931
Jesse L. Pollard, Class of 1933
Catherine Vigilante, Class of 1948
James J. Forcellina, Class of 1949
Tedd Levy, Class of 1956
2000
Edith Vogel, Class of 1932
Thomas C. O’Connor, Class of 1945
Arthur J. Perschino, Class of 1950
Members of the Alumni Association may nominate candidates by forwarding a resume and/or other information to PO Box 493, Norwalk, CT 06852-0493. Please include your name, address, phone number and class as well and be sure to send as much information as possible about your nominee.
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