{"id":2897,"date":"2019-06-18T15:25:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T15:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/?p=1845"},"modified":"2021-10-25T07:21:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T13:21:54","slug":"union-us-nano-nagle-award-at-st-norbert-catholic-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/union-us-nano-nagle-award-at-st-norbert-catholic-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Union: US – Nano Nagle Award at St. Norbert Catholic School"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pictured above, from left,\u00a0Mr. Joseph Ciccoianni, principal; 2019 St. Norbert Catholic School Nano Nagle Award recipient Miss Molly Camp; and Presentation Sister Breda Christopher.<\/span><\/p>\n

The administration of St. Norbert Catholic School, Orange, California, is very happy to continue a special tradition\u2014the Nano Nagle Award. Since its inaugural year in 2009, this award is given annually to one faculty member who, as described in essays written by students, teaches the students about the life and work of Nano Nagle and exemplifies this brave woman\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\n

In 2009, a generous alumni family established the Nano Nagle Award at St. Norbert Catholic School in gratitude for the quality education their children received at the school.<\/p>\n

The award has several qualifications. First, the donors are to remain anonymous. Second, the cash value of the award is for the recipient\u2019s personal, not classroom, use. Finally, the award is to be made by a panel of judges reviewing redacted essays written by students wishing to do so; the essays cannot be a mandatory school assignment, and can be written about any teacher of the student\u2019s choice, not necessarily their homeroom teacher.<\/p>\n

Each year, St. Norbert students learn about the life of Nano Nagle and her work educating Irish children in defiance of English Penal Laws which forbade schooling for such children. As they study Nano, they are encouraged to see how her charism is being carried out by their very own teachers today. Nano\u2019s legacy extends over 50 years here at St. Norbert when in 1965, just one year after the parish was founded, four Presentation Sisters opened the school.<\/p>\n

With a new focus each year on the qualities exemplifying Nano\u2019s work, the students have a week each spring to write their essay. This year, they were to write about the way a teacher exemplifies Nano\u2019s qualities of faith<\/strong>, generosity<\/strong>, and justice<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

At the baccalaureate awards presentation on May 30, Principal Joseph Ciccoianni reported that 215 essays were submitted nominating 15 teachers, and the recipient was Miss Molly Camp, the fourth grade teacher at St. Norbert.<\/p>\n

Of Miss Camp\u2019s faith, students said, \u201cShe keeps God in her heart,\u201d and \u201cShe follows God\u2019s path.\u201d Of her generosity, students noted, \u201cShe always gives her time to help us,\u201d and \u201cShe encourages us to help others.\u201d Of Miss Camp\u2019s justice, the students remarked, \u201cShe listens with an open mind and teaches us how to be fair.\u201d To sum it up, one student said, \u201cEvery time I see her smile, I smile. She is the best teacher ever!\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked about the award, Miss Camp said,\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s such an honor, and I\u2019m so lucky to have taught such amazing students! They have filled me with so much joy and receiving this award has overwhelmed me with so much love for the St. Norbert Catholic School community!\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, all of the teachers look forward to the award announcement, followed by the opportunity to read the redacted essays written about them. Once again, the panel of judges had a tough job and the essays made it clear that all nominees carry Nano\u2019s light forward in the work they do with St. Norbert Catholic School students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pictured above, from left,\u00a0Mr. Joseph Ciccoianni, principal; 2019 St. Norbert Catholic School Nano Nagle Award recipient Miss Molly Camp; and Presentation Sister Breda Christopher. The administration of St. Norbert Catholic… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2897"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3143,"href":"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2897\/revisions\/3143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pbvmconference.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}