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Three Dearborn Teachers Receive Muirhead Awards

From a field of more than 400 nominations, three Dearborn teachers on Wednesday were presented with the 2009-10 Alberta Muirhead Teacher of the Year Award and a $1,000 cash prize for their dedication and passion for teaching.

The awards are sponsored by Alberta Muirhead and coordinated by the Dearborn Chamber of Commerce.

The winning teachers for 2010 are:

Ms. Jilrae Greco, Haigh Elementary School

Ms. Diane Solomon, Bryant Middle School

Ms. Jennifer Gorsline, Dearborn Center for Math, Science & Technology (DCMST)

In 1987,  Ms. Greco started her career in Dearborn at O.L. Smith working with hearing impaired students. She move to Oakman Elementary in ’88 and remained there until moving to Haigh in 2008. One of the many comments shared about Ms. Greco in the nomination essay is that she makes learning fun and motivates her students to excel.

Ms. Soloman started teaching at O.L. Smith in 1993. She moved to Bryant in ’94 and has remained at the school she loves. Diane’s nominating essay talked about her ability to weave interesting stories in to her lessons helping to keep students engaged in learning.

Ms. Gorsline arrived in Dearborn in February 2005. She taught math at Dearborn High, moved to Fordson for one year, and is now at the Dearborn Center for Math, Science & Technology. During her time with the district she has continually made a positive impact on the lives of her students. The nomination essay for Jennifer spoke about her dedication to teaching and inspiring students to pursue careers that compliment their interest.

For those of you who may not know Alberta Muirhead, she and her husband John were founders and longtime owners of Muirhead’s, a Dearborn shop that started as a toy store in 1946 and developed into one of the most successful department stores in the Detroit area.

In 1983 Mr. Muirhead passed away, and in 1990, after 43 years in the retail business, Muirhead decided to close her store at Michigan and Military and dedicate her energy to a longstanding passion for community involvement and “giving back”. She later donated her building – that still bears the Muirhead name – to Oakwood.

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  • Brian Stone

    Ms. Solomon was my favorite teacher at Bryant. I had her for 7th grade social studies and I’ll never forget her tailored leather pants and her golden jewelry. She only wore black clothes with gold accessories. She looked like a strict school matron, and she was. She could break the most complex concepts down to the simplest topics. When I was in her class, we did a comparative religion portion, and since I was an atheist at the time, I didn’t think I would learn anything from her thart was interesting. I heard about buddhism, and later started reading and learning about it. Today, I’m a Buddhist lay leader at the chapel aboard my ship, USS Blue Ridge, in the United States Navy. I still remember her lessons on economics and the interesting discussions I’d have with her after class. For a kid who was as curious about the world as I was, she was the perfect, no-nonsense teacher who didn’t mind doing a little extra work to teach me something new. Three cheers to her!