2009-2010 Gloucester County Teacher Recogniton

It was my pleasure to be invited to the Gloucester County Teacher Recognition program! What a lovely event to honor the educators of distinction in this district. Ann Hill, the Goucester County Teacher of the Year was thrilled to celebrate her colleagues and I was happy to see the pride on all of the educators and administrators faces.

The students at the Gloucester Tech have a tradition of lining up in colorful blazers long the hallway and clapping for the teachers as they walk by. I have never seen anything so wonderful! What a great idea!

Here's Ann Hill, the fabulous Gloucester County Teacher of the Year with a "Walk of fame" student guard.



Here I am pictured with G.C.I.T. culinary arts student Liz Roantree



After the recognition ceremony, the culinary arts students created a feast for all participants that was worthy of kings and queens!

Are you ready to have your mouth water?

We started with fried green tomatoes, with a sweet, tangy buttermilk dipping sauce. Our bread was a basket of hush puppies, warm buttermilk biscuits and sweet corn bread. Salad was Alabama greens with crispy cayenne nuts. The entree was Memphis style baby back ribs, Texas beef brisket with sides of grilled sweet corn, collard greens and macaroni and cheese. If we weren't full enough, the meal closed with peach cobbler, sweet potato mousse and praline sauce.

Wow!!! My clothes fit when I came, but when I left, it was harder to fit in the car!

Here are the students responsible for this feast for the eye and palate!They all came out to accept a much-deserved round of applause!!



Diane Cummings, the Gloucester County & New Jersey Teacher of the Year was there to cheer her teaching colleagues on! It was great to see her and share TOY experiences!


As I left Gloucester County, I saw the lovely natural setting and was happy to see yet another beautiful place in our great state of New Jersey!