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KZV TEACHER MARY KARPANIAN RECEIVES HERBST FOUNDATION AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
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Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO-"What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state,
than that of the man who instructs the rising generation." Those words
of the Roman Philosopher, Statesman and lawyer, Marcus Tullius Cicero
echoed through the halls of Krouzian-Zekarian-Vasbouragan Armenian
School in San Francisco, California on May 9.
On that day, the entire student body, along with teachers,
administration, staff and parents, gathered at a special ceremony
to honor the long time, beloved Kindergarten teacher, Mary Karpanian
as she was presented with a Herbst Award for Teaching Excellence by
Dwight Merriman of the Board of Directors of the Herbst Foundation
in San Francisco.
Each year, the Board of Directors of the Herbst Foundation presents the
Herbst Award for Teaching Excellence to teachers at select private and
parochial schools in San Francisco who have demonstrated a commitment
to excellence in the classroom. Mary Karpanian embodies the spirit
and the purpose of this award.
Born in Beirut, Lebanon and schooled at the Haigazian College in
Beirut, Karpanian came to San Francisco in 1980 and has spent the
past 22 years at KZV Armenian School enlightening the lives of the
students that have been fortunate to pass through her class.
What makes Karpanian so special and so successful as a teacher is
her ability to engage her students through a variety of teaching
strategies as well as her ability to touch the very core of her
students. She firmly believes in the value of self-confidence in
children and instills in her students the value of taking pride in
their education and in their overall lives.
Karpanian stimulates the intellectual curiosity of her students,
fostering critical and creative thinking and problem solving.
Combining "old school" teaching methods with "new world" understanding,
she has been able to reach through to the hearts and minds of her
students, fostering within them a personal desire and need to learn,
grown and improve. Karpanian has touched the lives of each and every
one of her students with her special gift of teaching and has allowed
each one of her students to take their stand in the midst of the
rising generation.
Joined by her son, Doctor Hagop Karpanian and by her daughter, Noushig
Karpanian who currently works at UCLA's stem-cell research center,
both former students, graduates and valedictorians of KZV Armenian
school, Mary Karpanian humbly accepted her Award at the sound of
thunderous applause and a standing ovation. She is truly a noble,
exemplary teacher who is a true leader of future generations.
From: Baghdasarian
asbarez
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO-"What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state,
than that of the man who instructs the rising generation." Those words
of the Roman Philosopher, Statesman and lawyer, Marcus Tullius Cicero
echoed through the halls of Krouzian-Zekarian-Vasbouragan Armenian
School in San Francisco, California on May 9.
On that day, the entire student body, along with teachers,
administration, staff and parents, gathered at a special ceremony
to honor the long time, beloved Kindergarten teacher, Mary Karpanian
as she was presented with a Herbst Award for Teaching Excellence by
Dwight Merriman of the Board of Directors of the Herbst Foundation
in San Francisco.
Each year, the Board of Directors of the Herbst Foundation presents the
Herbst Award for Teaching Excellence to teachers at select private and
parochial schools in San Francisco who have demonstrated a commitment
to excellence in the classroom. Mary Karpanian embodies the spirit
and the purpose of this award.
Born in Beirut, Lebanon and schooled at the Haigazian College in
Beirut, Karpanian came to San Francisco in 1980 and has spent the
past 22 years at KZV Armenian School enlightening the lives of the
students that have been fortunate to pass through her class.
What makes Karpanian so special and so successful as a teacher is
her ability to engage her students through a variety of teaching
strategies as well as her ability to touch the very core of her
students. She firmly believes in the value of self-confidence in
children and instills in her students the value of taking pride in
their education and in their overall lives.
Karpanian stimulates the intellectual curiosity of her students,
fostering critical and creative thinking and problem solving.
Combining "old school" teaching methods with "new world" understanding,
she has been able to reach through to the hearts and minds of her
students, fostering within them a personal desire and need to learn,
grown and improve. Karpanian has touched the lives of each and every
one of her students with her special gift of teaching and has allowed
each one of her students to take their stand in the midst of the
rising generation.
Joined by her son, Doctor Hagop Karpanian and by her daughter, Noushig
Karpanian who currently works at UCLA's stem-cell research center,
both former students, graduates and valedictorians of KZV Armenian
school, Mary Karpanian humbly accepted her Award at the sound of
thunderous applause and a standing ovation. She is truly a noble,
exemplary teacher who is a true leader of future generations.
From: Baghdasarian