12 - Wednesday, May 23, 1990 - North Shore News

NV teacher wins award

CHUCK HEATH, teacher-librarian at North Van-
couver’s Ridgeway Elementary Schoo}, was applauded
recently by the North Vancouver District 44 School
Board for his selection as one of eight B.C. teachers
awarded the Marshall McLuhan Distinguished Teach-
er Award.

By PATRICK RAYNARD
Contributing Writer

“An extraordinary teacher and librarian’’ is how
Ridgeway principal Bernie Wells described Heath to
the North Vancouver School Board.

“Mr. Heath’s interpretation of technology and the
media has been brilliant,"’ Wells said. ‘‘He encourages
the students to think and stimulates their creativity.””

Wells told the trustees that the quality of Ridgeway
library’s collection was inconsistent when Heath took
over, with books dating as far back as 1897 and one
book on Africa bearing a 1908 copyright.

“But, three years ago, something happened,”’ Wells
said, giving a favorite example of wher®Heath played
Antonio Vivaldi’s Seasons while showing slides of
leaves changing through the year. >

District 44 superintendent Dr. Robin Brayne told
the board that Heath ‘‘was recognized for his role of
transforming the Ridgeway Resource Centre from one
that relied mainly on print material to one rich ir all

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**Mr. Heath received particular recognition tor his
part in leading Ridgeway’s ‘Refuge’ project which in-
volves the school’s students in an exploration of en-
vironmental literacy, including the re-establishment of
indigenous vegetation in a schcol courtyard,’ Brayne
said.

Board chairman Kev. Roy Dungey told Heath that
“the board cherishes what you have done. All of the
trustees and parents of North Vancouver congratulate
you very inuch."*

The Marshall McLuhan Distinguished Teacher
Awards salute teachers for ‘‘creative and innovative
applications of communications technologies in the
teaching-learning environment,’’ Brayne said.

The awards are designed to bring public recognition
to individual teachers and, in doing so, to both reward
and encourage excellence in the classroom, Brayne
added.

The awards are the creation of the Marshall
McLuhan Centre on Global Communications, which
was founded in 1981 by Mary McLuhan, daughter of
the late Canadian scholar and futurist. The non-profit
centre is based in Tcronto and San Francisco.

Sponsors for the 1989-90 awards program included
several departments of the federal government, banks,
corporations and media.

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