44 - Wednesday, December 16, 1992 ~ North Shore News Board honors educator WEST VANCOUVER educators honored one of their own recently night when they awarded coor- dinator of primary pro- grams Lesley J. Spry with the key to West Van- couver’s Schoo} District 45. By Kevin Gillies Contributing Writer Spry, who is retiring this month after 28 years of service in the district, is the first educator ever to be awarded the key. “We are going to miss this professional, we are going to miss Lesley Spry more than we know,”” District 45 school su- perintendent Doug Player told an audience of 100 — mostly teachers -— before presenting her with the key at a Dec. 7 board meeting. Spry was greeted with an ex- tended, boisterous ovation as she made her way to the stage. “You can say thank you for gifts, and they’re lovely, but 1 don’t know how to say thank you for all that ‘you people have added to my life,"’ she said. “If { have done anything that’s far-sighted, it’s because I've stood on the shoulders of giants.”’ “And Einstein said that,” she added. ‘‘Thank you.”’ Originally from the U.S., Spry came to District 45 in 1964 as a special class teacher. WEST VANCOUVER SCHOOL BOARD In 1968 she transferred from Irwin Park elementary to Hollyburn) elementary school where she Gtught neurologically impaired students. She became a special educa- tion consultant! to the district ia 1969, and has remained a con- sultant ever since. ‘She was probably way ahead of her time in many things,"” Player said. In 1975, she travelled to China with the UBC education group, and as part of that trip - she co-created a multi-media documentary on China called “The Man and the Miracle."’ Four years later, she received her masters degree and became the district resource teacher in language arts. In 1988 she became project manager for curriculum devel- opment branch of the educa- tion ministry, and since has been responsible for much of the language arts assessment in B.C. and the Year primary program. “She has served this district extremely well,’’ Player said. The superintendent ended his presentation by quoting a por- tion of her 1984 teacher report that read: ‘‘Lesley is the best there is because she is a fine scholar, and an outstanding teacher. She is truly a teacher of teachers. None from our distvict is more respected for their contribution to education than is Lesley. 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