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Pride Receives Teaching Award

St. Louis U. High economics teacher Peggy Pride recently received an award recognizing her career teaching achievements: the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award. The award is given annually to approximately 100 St. Louis area teachers who have received a major national or local teaching award in the past year. The primary goal of this award is to provide further recognition to these teachers for their many accomplishments.

Pride received the award at the reception on November 19. As part of winning the award, she was presented with an engraved crystal apple. She was also recognized by having her name read as she walked across the stage at the Ritz-Carlton to shake hands with senior executives at Emerson.

To be eligible for the award, the teacher must have been nominated by someone else. Earlier this year, principal Mary Schenkenberg nominated Pride along with two other SLUH teachers for the award because she wanted "(their) efforts to be recognized by more than just SLUH." Pride was a perfect candidate for the award, as she had just been awarded the Global Association for Teachers of Economics Teacher of the Year Award in 2005.

Schenkenberg also noted, "(Pride) has done a lot of work, not only in her classroom and teaching, which this honor is primarily for, but she has done (work) nationally in Advanced Placement and has really taken a leadership role (in that also)."

Pride has helped to write AP Economics Tests and worked on the College Board. Most recently, she assisted with writing the AP companion worksheets for a newly-published economics book. She has helped mold the Social Studies department into its present form.

History teacher Tom McCarthy pointed out, "She has shown outstanding leadership within the department." McCarthy noted that in addition to being the department chair, she has made significant contributions to the department, especially with making curriculum changes and "working with experienced teachers as well as younger teachers to mentor them."

The primary purpose of the award, however, was to recognize the teachers for distinction in the classroom. To many AP Economics students past and present, Pride's teaching abilities are second to none.

Senior Kyle McCollum said, "She is a great teacher, and she always has really organized and planned out lessons. It is easy to understand the material because her study guides are really helpful and easy to follow."

Just by looking at the AP test results, it is evident that Pride's lessons must be well-planned. Eighty-three percent of SLUH students who took the AP Economics exam last spring passed with a score of three or higher.

Senior Tim Ryan pointed out, "One of the reasons I took the course was because I knew she was a great teacher, and her students have great success on the AP tests and in college."

Senior Pat Kemp also remarked on Pride's teaching, saying, "She knows the information so well that it seems she could teach the course from memory. Also, her detailed and well-thought-out slides really help us to learn economics."

Pride was thankful for the award, saying, "It was a very nice ceremony and I was very appreciative that Dr. Schenkenberg thought of nominating me."

By Ray Kreienkamp of the Prep News.

Published: December 06, 2006 | Categories: Alumni, Faculty & Staff, Homepage, News Section, Parents, Students
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