VI Humanities Council Announces The Third Annual Heath Award For Excellence In The Teaching of the Humanities
Date: February 15, 2006 | Press Release: #06-003
Established in 2003, the Heath Award recognizes the achievement of two public school teachers of grades K?12, one from the St. Thomas/St. John district and the other from the St. Croix district, who have exhibited outstanding ability and unfailing dedication to teaching the humanities. The award winner will each receive a cash award of $1,000 and a commemorative certificate. The Virgin Islands Humanities Council is seeking nominations from the public of teachers who exemplify this discription.
The Heath Award was made possible by a generous donation from Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Heath and is sponsored by the Humanities Council. ?Mrs. Geraldine Heath passing in December 2005 has left a great void within the Council. She willingly served and generously supported every initiative,? explained Mabel Maduro, Executive Director.
As a means of keeping Mrs. Heath?s spirit and life-long personal interests alive, her husband Dr. Alfred O. Heath has endowed the establishment of the Virgin Islands Humanities Council Heath Award Endowment for the amount of $20,000.
My beloved Gerry would have wanted me to ensure that the Council?s education and community development programs continue. As an educator and generous human being, she strongly believed in providing opportunities that would allow people to expand their knowledge base,? stated Dr. Alfred O. Heath.
The 2005 recepients of the Heath Award were Frances Rutnik of Ivanna Eudora Kean High School on St. Thomas and Ms. Lisa Lenhardt of Central High School on St. Croix.
For further information, call the Virgin Islands Humanities Council at 776-4044.