Monday, December 17, 2012
Shimek is the first in the North Canton City School District to be awarded "Educator of the Month" this year
The North Canton Area Chamber of Commerce, Westfield Bank and Starbucks are saluting one teacher from each North Canton City School District each month this school year, and first in line is Gerilyn Shimek. Shimek is a first grade teacher at Clearmount Elementary School, and she's been with the district for 14 years. Below, Shimek shares what she loves most about teaching, who she finds inspiration in and what qualities make a good educator. Name: Gerilyn Shimek Town of residence: North Canton Family: I am married and we have one daughter and two dogs Education: BA in Management/Finance from Walsh College and my teaching degree from Akron University North Canton Patch: How did you get into teaching? Did you always know you wanted to teach…
Thursday, August 30, 2012
North Canton City School District welcomes teachers Ryan and Tynae Kienzle, two track fanatics who found love on the field at Malone University
Ryan and Tynae Kienzle are feeling pretty lucky right about now. The two just got married at Malone University (where they met) and honeymooned at the nearby Gervasi Vineyard. Not only that, they both landed jobs in the North Canton City School District this year. Ryan will teach eighth grade science at North Canton Middle School, while Tynae fills in for a middle school teacher on maternity leave and is the assistant coach for the Hoover High School girls cross country team. Actually, both are avid runners, having participated in cross country at Malone University. This year, Ryan made the Olympic tryouts, and Tynae finished in the top four in the Canton Marathon while Ryan finished first in the half marathon. They said they're excited to…
Friday, May 4, 2012
McDaniel tells us how she takes pride in helping children develop the strength to stand up for themselves and how she's learned more in the classroom than she ever could from a textbook
Northwood Elementary teacher Donna McDaniel was named Educator of the Month for April through the North Canton Area Chamber of Commerce. Check out our Q&A with McDaniel below and feel free to offer some congrats for a job well done! Name: Donna McDaniel Hometown: Uniontown Family: Husband Dave (retired, former educator); daughter Kara, lives in Toledo; son Rob, daughter-in-law Judith and granddaughter Claire, live in Kansas City, MI — way too far away! Education: B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University, and M. Ed. from the College of Mount St. Joseph North Canton Patch: How did you get into teaching? Donna McDaniel: I wanted to be a teacher from the age of 4 on. I tried other things in college but always came back to the teaching field and have…
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Millions of people look at or listen to some form of art throughout each and every day. Creative artworks can be found all around us. One North Canton art teacher finds motivation for her artwork and teaching from her students and from her daughter.
Janet Baran teaches art at the Hoover High School using all kinds of mediums including painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics and mixed media. Her daughter, Rachel Baran, also is an artist, using photography and Adobe Photoshop computer software to create her own series of award-winning photographs. North Canton Patch talked with both to learn more about art imitating life. Most of the answers below are from Janet with Rachel adding her own perspective in a few areas. Home: Janet Baran lives in North Canton and Rachel is a freshman in college at Capital University in Columbus, majoring in psychology and is in the process of adding a therapeutic art minor. Janet’s Family: In addition to Rachel, Janet’s husband, Skip, also is a teacher at …
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Patricia Davis
1:57 pm on Monday, December 17, 2012
Mrs. Shimek was a great teacher at Orchard Hill. Clearmount is lucky to have her. Let me rephrase that: North Canton is lucky to have her! more ›