Soon I will be posting the photos from the Spring 2009 SVDP-ALC student awards ceremony which occurred a couple of weeks ago at our school. Twice per year we have an awards day to recognize student academic accomplishments.
But today I am posting avery special award which was given out at the student ceremony, but which does not go to a student. It goes to our "long-distance" volunteer teacher John Miller who is in Antarctica. (See the scan of his certificate which I will mail to his home in the USA shortly.)
For more than a year now John Miller, USAP, has been an outstanding teacher, writer, photographer, pen pal, and friend to our school, our students, teachers, and staff. He has consistently gone above and beyond the call of duty and has been an inspiration to us all.
We all at our school look forward to each and every email from John from Antarctica. He always has something interesting, informative, and enlightening to say. We have all learned so much from him.
Once again, we thank you, John, for all you have done for our St. Vincent de Paul-ALC school, for Literacy AmeriCorps, and for adult literacy education in New Orleans.
Note: In the photos above we see a scene from last year when John was in the Amundsen-Scott tent at South Pole Station. Also we see where he is now at McMurdo Station on the Ross Ice Shelf . The certificate of appreciation has our school name on it and is signed by the director of our school, Sr. Kathleen Bahlinger, Congregation of St. Joseph nuns, and signed by me as the program director for our Antarctica-New Orleans Pen Pal Program. The certificate will be safely waiting at John's home address in the USA after I mail it soon.
-- Adrian
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