Henry Birks Medal Recipient

The Henry Birks Medal in Education award is granted annually to the student who has attained the highest average in courses of the Bachelor of Education program. This years' recipient is Alisha Longmire.

Since completing her B.Ed., Alisha has immensely enjoyed substituting teaching in the AVRCE. She is so grateful for this opportunity and all the fun she’s having with students while gaining invaluable classroom experience.

This summer, Alisha will be working as a Literacy Camp Teacher for the AVRCE. She is excited about this opportunity and strives to inspire and instill a love of literacy - a love that she herself took a while to develop when she was in elementary school. She also plans to enjoy some much-needed relaxation - perhaps visiting beautiful locations across her home province of Nova Scotia. Cape Breton has been on her to-do list for some time, and she thinks this is the year to make it happen.

As for the fall and future teaching prospects, Alisha is eager to see where she is led but is hopeful of staying close to home in NS. With that being said, she is assured that the teaching tool-belt fostered through Acadia’s School of Education will serve her and her future students well, regardless of where she ends up.

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