The New Jersey Education Association is comprised of nearly 125,000 teachers. Last Thursday, the State of New Jersey named 21 of those teachers as "Teachers of the Year." Gloucester City and Gloucester High School's own, Elizabeth "Kati" Light, was one of the honored. Light currently teaches Design & Illustration I through IV at Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School. The...
The New Jersey Education Association is comprised of nearly 125,000 teachers. Last Thursday, the State of New Jersey named 21 of those teachers as "Teachers of the Year." Gloucester City and Gloucester High School's own, Elizabeth "Kati" Light, was one of the honored.
Light currently teaches Design & Illustration I through IV at Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School. The "Stop Motion" films and "Trash to Treasure" projects created by students each school year are two of many projects that have become renowned with a generation of Gloucester High students.
The Class of 2015 honored the impact that Light is making on students' lives by selecting her as the "Senior Class Faculty Recognition Award" recipient and awarded her with the privilege of delivering their farewell speech at June's Commencement.
Light was honored at the New Jersey Department of Education headquarters on July 30 in Trenton. Assistant Commissioner of Education, Peter Shulman, declared that Kati and her fellow honorees were "not only some of the best teachers in the state but some of the best teachers in the country."
Light, a 1995 graduate of Gloucester High School, impacts the school community far beyond the classroom. She holds weekly meetings with her Yoga, Diversity, Vinyl Record, and Art Clubs. She also coaches both the Boys' Track and Boys' Cross-Country Teams.
Light will serve as an ambassador for not only Gloucester High School but for the entire teaching profession throughout this school year. She will have the opportunity to speak on panels of educators throughout our State and nation.
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Each year, US News & World Report ranks the "Best High Schools" across the United States. High schools from across the country, 29,070 of them, were initially reviewed at the outset of this process. For the third consecutive year, Gloucester High School ranked in the top one-third of public high schools and once again earned the prestigious "Bronze Medal" award.
North Carolina-based RTI International, a global nonprofit social science research firm, worked together with US News & World Report to base these national rankings on the following key principles: "That a great high school must serve all of its students well, not just those who are college bound, and that it must be able to produce measurable academic outcomes to show it is successfully educating its student body across a range of performance indicators." Out of 75 South Jersey high schools, only five received 2015 medals: Cherry Hill High School East, Gloucester High School, Haddonfield Memorial High School, Lindenwold High School, and Middle Township High School.
