Thanks, Jim. Sandy was one of my first summer students in those AP workshops; I remember her vividly. Was the obit in the trib? I can find it, then. I'd like to write a note to her husband. Thanks again. David
9999999999999999999999999999999999999 On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Jim Matiya <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sandy was a frequent contributor to TIPS... > > > > > > > > Sandra Price, 1943-2009: Teacher at Oak Park-River Forest > > Across subjects and time zones, she led people to learning > > By Joan Giangrasse Kates | Special to the Tribune > > ** > > *July 28, 2009 *** > > When the psychology teacher at Oak Park-River > Forest<http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/us/illinois/cook-county/river-forest-PLGEO1001005011180000.topic>High > School retired in the mid-1990s, the principal turned to a history > teacher, Sandra Price, to take over the class. > > Engaging by nature and ever resourceful, Mrs. Price crammed over the summer > to become certified for the 1994 fall school term. > > "She read as much as she could and worked the subject into nearly every > conversation she had," said her husband of 40 years, Larry, with a laugh. > "Up until then, her background in psychology was limited to the one course > she had taken in college." > > Flash forward nine years of teaching psychology at Oak Park-River Forest > High School and Mrs. Price's classes had become so popular that enrollment > swelled nearly tenfold, an advanced placement component was added, and > additional instructors were hired to meet the growing demand. > > "She brought so much enthusiasm to everything she taught," said former > colleague Ellie Marquez, a retired Oak Park-River Forest High School history > teacher. "The only thing she showed more enthusiasm for were the students > themselves." > > Mrs. Price was a teacher at Oak Park-River Forest High School from 1984 to > 2003. In the early 1990s, she traveled to Japan to attend a conference as > part of a delegation of Illinois high school history teachers. > > In 2008, Mrs. Price returned from a three-year stay in > France<http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/intl/france-PLGEO000002.topic>, > where her husband worked at a laboratory across the border in Switzerland. > There she helped organize a support group for spouses of American physicists > aimed at helping them adapt to their new surroundings. > > "Everywhere she went she was seen as someone who could do just about > anything," said her husband. > > Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer while still living in France, Mrs. Price > returned to the United > States<http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/politics/government/national-government/united-states-ORGOV0000001.topic>with > her husband in August and settled in La Grange. > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
