Recipient's Name:  Joshua Hill       

School:  Nominated for his role at Glenview Park.  Presently teaching at Bluevale Collegiate

Grade: Grade 9 and 10 instrumental music.  Grade 10 civics.  Grade 10 academic history.

Number of Years Teaching: 4

• Joshua Hill is in his fourth year of teaching music and history to high school students.  He was nominated while teaching at Glenview Park and now teaches at Bluevale Collegiate.

Kids inspire Josh.  He loves seeing their progression of learning.  He loves seeing them growing in different ways from concepts and intellect to music and athletics to leadership and valuing others around them.  He notes that high school is ever changing and that students need room to grow and explore life.  Josh particularly enjoys juniors.  He wants to help them grow, to follow them, to see them fail, succeed and take risks.  He sees them as individuals who are capable of succeeding and dives in and dialogues with them about their lives, caring for them as individuals. Watching students develop drives him to take risks as a teacher to provide unique opportunities and experiences for his students.  Josh is rewarded when a student who doubted that they could do something, succeeds and surprises them self.  He loves to see students run with opportunities, to see them be creative and to succeed beyond what they knew possible. 

Karen, a colleague of Josh's wrote this:

Mr. Hill is an inspiration to students, the school and the community.  He is an outstanding teacher with a passion for his art.  His lessons are thoroughly and thoughtfully prepared, and his leadership outside the classroom is extensive and generous.  Some of the many accomplishments that Mr. Hill has helped achieve this year alone are: administering the coveted "AID for Africa" benefit concert and raising over $6,000, chairing the Glenview Music Executive, directing the jazz band, junior band and percussion ensemble, founding and administering "Glenstock", and coaching school sports teams.  Mr. Hill is a visionary and is a model for dedication and commitment to his students.